Genesis 11:8 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;
English ASV
So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
English Amplified
So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth, and they gave up building the city.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth, and they gave up building the city.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
So the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
So from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
English EASY 2024
So the Lord divided the people from one another. They went to live in different places all over the earth. They stopped building the city for themselves.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
So people stopped building the city, and the Lord scattered them all over the earth.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
So the Lord scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English God's Word - GW 1995
In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city.
English KJV 1611
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
English LSB
So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Thus the LORD scattered them from there all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
So the Lord scattered them from there over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.
English NIV
So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
English NKJ 1982
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
English NLT
In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
So Yahweh scattered them over the entire earth, and they stopped building their city.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
So, in that way, God scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city.
English Tyndale 1537
Thus the LORD scattered them from thence upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city.