Genesis 11:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;

English ASV

And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

English Amplified

And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

English EASY 2024

People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people moved from the East and found a plain in the country of Shinar and stayed there to live.

And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.

English God's Word - GW 1995

As the people migrated eastward, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English KJV 1611

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

English LSB

And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

As the people journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

While men were migrating in the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They moved to the east and found a broad valley in Babylonia. There they settled down.

English NIV

As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

English NKJ 1982

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

English NLT

As the people migrated eastward, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

As people migrated eastward, they found a large plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As the population grew and spread eastward, a plain was discovered in the land of Babylon and was soon thickly populated.

English Tyndale 1537

And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sinear, and there they dwelled.

Genesis 11:2 — Compare Translations