Genesis 11:9 — Compare Translations

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

therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

English ASV

Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

English Amplified

Therefore the name of it was called Babel--because there the Lord confounded the language of all the earth; and from that place the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Therefore the name of it was called Babel–because there the Lord confounded the language of all the earth; and from that place the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

That is why it is called Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the Lord scattered them over the face of all the earth.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Therefore it is called Babylon, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

English EASY 2024

That is why people called the city Babel. It was because the Lord confused all the people of the world and he gave them different languages to speak. From that time, the Lord caused the people to live in different groups all over the earth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

That is the place where the Lord confused the language of the whole world. That is why it is called Babel. And it was from there that the Lord caused the people to spread out to all the other places on earth.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

English God's Word - GW 1995

That is why the city was called Babel, because it was there that the Lord confused the people by giving them many languages, thus scattering them across the earth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

English KJV 1611

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

English LSB

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth; and from there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. From there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

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

That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the speech of all the world. It was from that place that he scattered them all over the earth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

That is why its name was called Babel — because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord mixed up the language of the whole world there. That's why the city was named Babel. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

English NIV

That is why it was called Babel -because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

English NLT

That is why the city was called Babel, because it was there that the LORD confused the people by giving them many languages, thus scattering them across the earth.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Therefore it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

That is why the city was called Babel—because it was there that Yahweh confused the language of the whole world and from there the people were scattered over the face of the earth.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

That is why the city was called Babel (meaning “confusion“), because it was there that Jehovah confused them by giving them many languages, thus widely scattering them across the face of the earth.

English Tyndale 1537

Wherefore the name of it is called Babel, because that the LORD(LORDE) there confounded the tongue of all the world. And because that the LORD from thence, scattered them abroad upon all the earth.