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English Bible Translations

Genesis 11:4 / KJV
4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:4 / ASV
4. And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:4 / BasicEnglish
4. And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Genesis 11:4 / Darby
4. And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:4 / Webster
4. And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:4 / Young
4. And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

German Bible Translations

Genesis 11:4 / Luther
4. und sprachen: Wohlauf, laßt uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, des Spitze bis an den Himmel reiche, daß wir uns einen Namen machen! denn wir werden sonst zerstreut in alle Länder.
Genesis 11:4 / Schlachter
4. Und sie sprachen: Wohlan, laßt uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, dessen Spitze bis an den Himmel reicht, daß wir uns einen Namen machen, damit wir ja nicht über die ganze Erde zerstreuet werden!

French Bible Translations

Genèse 11:4 / Segond21
4. Ils dirent encore: «Allons! Construisons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet touche le ciel et faisons-nous un nom afin de ne pas être dispersés sur toute la surface de la terre.»
Genèse 11:4 / NEG1979
4. Ils dirent encore: Allons! bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet touche au ciel, et faisons-nous un nom, afin que nous ne soyons pas dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.
Genèse 11:4 / Segond
4. Ils dirent encore: Allons! bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet touche au ciel, et faisons-nous un nom, afin que nous ne soyons pas dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.
Genèse 11:4 / Darby_Fr
4. Et ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville, et une tour dont le sommet atteigne jusqu'aux cieux; et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.
Genèse 11:4 / Martin
4. Puis ils dirent : Or ça, bâtissons-nous une ville, et une tour de laquelle le sommet soit jusqu'aux cieux; et acquérons-nous de la réputation, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur toute la terre.
Genèse 11:4 / Ostervald
4. Et ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour, dont le sommet soit dans les cieux, et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.

Versions with Strong Codes

Genesis 11 / KJV_Strong
4. And they said,[H559] Go to,[H3051] let us build[H1129] us a city[H5892] and a tower,[H4026] whose top[H7218] may reach unto heaven;[H8064] and let us make[H6213] us a name,[H8034] lest[H6435] we be scattered abroad[H6327] upon[H5921] the face[H6440] of the whole[H3605] earth.[H776]

Strong Code definitions

H559 'amar aw-mar' a primitive root; to say (used with greatlatitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.

H3051 yahab yaw-hab' a primitive root; to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come:--ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.

H1129 banah baw-naw' a primitive root; to build (literally andfiguratively):--(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.

H5892 `iyr eer or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4){aw-yar'}; from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. see H5782

H4026 migdal mig-dawl' also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}; from H1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers:--castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.see H1431

H7218 ro'sh roshe from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.):--band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company,end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

H8064 shamayim shaw-mah'-yim dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as wellas to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):--air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).

H6213 `asah aw-saw' a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth,bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, goabout, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.

H8034 shem shame a primitive word (perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character:--+ base,(in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report. see H7760see H8064

H6435 pen pane from H6437; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest:--(lest) (peradventure),that...not. see H6437

H6327 puwts poots a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse):--break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.

H5921 `al al properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, accordingto(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.see H5920

H6440 paniym paw-neem' plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh{paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of),+ beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-ertime, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street,X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in,+ -stand), X ye, X you. see H6437

H3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

H776 'erets eh'-rets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.

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