Genesis 11:6

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

Bible in Basic English ☆

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

Darby Translation ☆

And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

King James Version ☆

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

Webster Bible ☆

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

he said, ‘See, they are one people and all have one language. This is only the beginning of their activity, and now nothing that they propose to do will seem too difficult for them.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

he said, “See, they are one people and all have one language. This is only the beginning of their activity, and now nothing that they propose to do will seem too difficult for them.

Revised Version ☆

And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, the people are one and the language one with all of them: and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be restrained from them of what they imagine to do.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.

World English Bible ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِسَانٌ وَاحِدٌ لِجَمِيعِهِمْ، وَهَذَا ٱبْتِدَاؤُهُمْ بِٱلْعَمَلِ. وَٱلْآنَ لَا يَمْتَنِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلُّ مَا يَنْوُونَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

``ယ​ခု​တွင်​ဤ​သူ​တို့​သည်​လူ​မျိုး​တစ်​မျိုး တည်း​ဖြစ်​၍ ဘာ​သာ​စ​ကား​တစ်​ခု​တည်း ကို​ပြော​ဆို​လျက်​ရှိ​ကြ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထာဝရဘုရား က ကြည့်ရှု လော့။ လူ တ မျိုးတည်း ၊ စကား တ မျိုးတည်း ရှိသည်ဖြစ်၍၊ သူ တို့သည် ဤ အမှုကို အဦး ပြု ကြ၏။ ယခု ကြံစည် သမျှ တို့ကို အဆီး အတားမ ရှိ၊ သူ တို့ပြု ကြလိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angraeng mah, Khenah, kaminawk loe maeto ah oh o moe, lok maeto apaeh o boih pongah, hae tok hae sak amtong o boeh; vaihi sak han a poek o ih hmuen hae pakaahaih tidoeh om ai ah sah o tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

BOEIPA loh amih he pilnam pakhat neh ol pakhat la boeih a om uh dongah saii ham a mangtaeng uh khaw saii ham a tong uh hatah amih ham lol tlaih pawt la he!

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

BOEIPA loh amih he pilnam pakhat neh ol pakhat la boeih a om uh dongah saii ham a mangtaeng uh khaw saii ham a tong uh hatah amih ham lol tlaih pawt la he!

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

耶和华说：「看哪，他们成为一样的人民，都是一样的言语，如今既做起这事来，以后他们所要做的事就没有不成就的了。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

耶和華說：「看哪，他們成為一樣的人民，都是一樣的言語，如今既做起這事來，以後他們所要做的事就沒有不成就的了。

World Chinese Bible ☆

耶和华说：“看哪，他们是同一个民族，都有同一种语言；这只是他们开始做的事。如今他们所图谋要做的，就没有什么能拦阻他们了。

Croatian Bible ☆

Jahve reče. “Zbilja su jedan narod, s jednim jezikom za sve! Ovo je tek početak njihovih nastojanja. Sad im ništa neće biti neostvarivo što god naume izvesti.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A řekl Hospodin: Aj, lid jeden a jazyk jeden všechněch těchto, a toť jest začátek díla jejich; nyní pak nedadí sobě v tom překaziti, což umínili dělati.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

og han sagde: “Se, de er ét Folk og har alle ét Tungemål; og når de nu først er begyndt således, er intet, som de sætter sig for, umuligt for dem;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En de HEERE zeide: Ziet, zij zijn enerlei volk, en hebben allen enerlei spraak; en dit is het, dat zij beginnen te maken; maar nu, zoude hun niet afgesneden worden al wat zij bedacht hebben te maken?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want Jahweh sprak: Zie, zij vormen één volk en spreken één taal. En dit is nog maar het begin van hun doen; later zal men niets meer kunnen beletten van al wat zij van plan zijn.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj la Eternulo diris: Jen estas unu popolo, kaj unu lingvon ili ĉiuj havas; kaj jen, kion ili komencis fari, kaj ili ne estos malhelpataj en ĉio, kion ili decidis fari.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et l’ Éternel dit : Voici, c’est un seul peuple, et ils n’ont, eux tous, qu’un seul langage , et ils ont commencé à faire ceci ; et maintenant ils ne seront empêchés en rien de ce qu’ils pensent faire.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et l'Éternel dit: Voici, c'est un seul peuple, et ils ont tous le même langage, et voilà ce qu'ils commencent à faire; et maintenant rien ne les empêchera d'exécuter tout ce qu'ils ont projeté.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et l’Éternel dit: Voici, ils forment un seul peuple et ont tous une même langue, et c’est là ce qu’ils ont entrepris; maintenant rien ne les empêcherait de faire tout ce qu’ils auraient projeté.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le SEIGNEUR dit : « Voici, ils forment un seul peuple et ils ont tous une seule langue, et c'est là ce qu'ils commencent à faire. Maintenant, rien ne les empêchera de faire tout ce qu'ils projettent.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und Jehova sprach: Siehe, sie sind ein Volk und haben alle eine Sprache, und dies haben sie angefangen zu tun; und nun wird ihnen nichts verwehrt werden, was sie zu tun ersinnen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und der HERR sprach: Siehe, es ist einerlei Volk und einerlei Sprache unter ihnen allen, und haben das angefangen zu tun; sie werden nicht ablassen von allem, was sie sich vorgenommen haben zu tun.

German Textbibel ☆

Und Jahwe sprach: Ein Volk sind sie und haben alle dieselbe Sprache, und das ist nur der Anfang ihres Thuns, und fortan wird ihnen nichts unerreichbar sein, was sie sich vornehmen werden.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und der HERR sprach: Siehe, es ist nur ein einziges Volk, und sie sprechen alle nur eine Sprache, und dies ist der Anfang ihres Unternehmens! Nun wird es ihnen nicht unmöglich sein, alles auszuführen, was sie sich vorgenommen haben.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν, καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπʼ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Epi li di. Koulye a, gade! Yo tout fè yon sèl pèp. Yo tout yo pale yon sèl lang. Gade sa yo konmanse ap fè. Talè konsa y'ap pare pou yo fè sa yo vle.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I iho la o Iehova, Aia hoi, hookahi no ka poe kanaka, hookahi hoi ko lakou lehelehe; eia ka lakou e hoomaka nei e hana: a mahope aku, aohe mea keakea ia lakou ke hana i na mea a pau a lakou e manao ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשֹׂ֑ות וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לֽ͏ַעֲשֹֽׂות׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר יהוה הן עם אחד ושפה אחת לכלם וזה החלם לעשות ועתה לא יבצר מהם כל אשר יזמו לעשות׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E il Signore disse: Ecco un medesimo popolo, ed essi tutti hanno un medesimo linguaggio, e questo è il cominciamento del lor lavoro, ed ora tutto ciò che hanno disegnato di fare, non sarà loro divietato.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E l’Eterno disse: “Ecco, essi sono un solo popolo e hanno tutti il medesimo linguaggio; e questo è il principio del loro lavoro; ora nulla li impedirà di condurre a termine ciò che disegnano di fare.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

主は言われた。「見よ、彼らは一つの民であり、皆が一つの言語を持っている。そして、これが彼らのし始めたことである。今や、彼らが企てることで、彼らに不可能なことは何もないだろう。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

여호와께서 가라사대 이 무리가 한 족속이요, 언어도 하나이므로 이같이 시작하였으니 이후로는 그 경영하는 일을 금지할 수 없으리로다

Kosraean Bible ☆

ac El fahk, “Ingena, mwet inge ma sefanna ac elos sramsram ke kas sefanna. Tufahna pa inge mutaweyen ma elos ac mau oru uh. Ac tia paht na elos ac ku in oru kutena ma su elos ac lungse oru!

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

et dixit: Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus: cœperuntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و خداوند گفت: «همانا قوم یکی است و جمیع ایشان را یک زبان و این کار را شروع کرده‌اند، والان هیچ کاری که قصد آن بکنند، از ایشان ممتنع نخواهد شد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O SENHOR disse: “Eis que eles são um só povo, e todos têm uma só língua; e isso é o que começam a fazer. Agora, nada do que pretendem fazer lhes será impedido.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E disse o SENHOR: Eis que o povo é um, e todos estes têm uma língua; e começaram a agir, e nada lhes restringirá agora do que pensaram fazer.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi DOMNUL a spus: Iată, poporul este unul şi ei toţi au o singură limbă şi au început să facă aceasta, şi acum nimic nu îi va opri din ceea ce au de gând să facă.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши Домнул а зис: „Ятэ, ей сунт ун сингур попор ши тоць ау ачеяшь лимбэ, ши ятэ де че с-ау апукат; акум нимик ну й-ар ымпедика сэ факэ тот че шь-ау пус ын гынд.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Господь: вот, один народ, и один у всех язык; и вот что начали они делать, и не отстанут они от того, что задумали делать;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I reče Gospod: Gle, narod jedan, i jedan jezik u svih, i to počeše raditi, i neće im smetati ništa da ne urade šta su naumili.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И рече Господ: Гле, народ један, и један језик у свих, и то почеше радити, и неће им сметати ништа да не ураде шта су наумили.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nyamuzinda anaciderha erhi: «Alà oku boshi bali lubaga luguma banagwêrhe iderha liguma, ogwôla gwo murhondêro gw’eyi mikolo yâbo. Na bunôla ntà muhigo gwâbo gwakabula buyunjula kuli bo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y dijo Jehová: He aquí el pueblo es uno, y todos éstos tienen un lenguaje: y han comenzado á obrar, y nada les retraerá ahora de lo que han pensando hacer.

Spanish BLL ☆

Y dijo Yahvé: “Miren, todos ellos forman un solo pueblo y hablan un solo idioma; ¡y esto es sólo el comienzo de sus obras! Ahora nada de lo que se propongan les será imposible.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y dijo Yahvé: «He aquí el pueblo es uno, y todos éstos tienen un solo lenguaje; y han comenzado la edificación, y ahora nada les hará desistir de lo que han pensado hacer.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y el Señor dijo: Mira, todos son un pueblo y tienen todo un lenguaje; y esto es solo el comienzo de lo que pueden hacer: y ahora no será posible mantenerlos fuera de cualquier propósito de ellos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y Yavé dijo: Ciertamente son un pueblo y todos ellos tienen la misma lengua. Éste es solo el principio de su obra y nada les hará desistir de lo que planean hacer.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, ʻoku taha pe ʻae kakai, pea ʻoku nau lea taha pe; pea kuo nau kamata fai eni: pea ko eni, ʻe ʻikai taʻofia ʻakinautolu, ʻi ha meʻa kuo nau fakakaukau ke fai.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І рече Господь: Оце ж рід один, мова одна в усїх, а се тількі почин їх заходу коло працї; і тепер нїщо їх не зупинить нї від чого, що задумали зробити.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І рече Господь: Оце ж рід один, мова одна в усїх, а се тількі почин їх заходу коло працї; і тепер нїщо їх не зупинить нї від чого, що задумали зробити.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đức Giê-hô-va phán rằng: Nầy, chỉ có một thứ dân, cùng đồng một thứ tiếng; và kia kìa công việc chúng nó đang khởi làm; bây giờ chẳng còn chi ngăn chúng nó làm các điều đã quyết định được.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃