Genesis 11:9

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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 Berean Standard Bible ☆

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.

Bible in Basic English ☆

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lord did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Therefore was 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.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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.

Webster Bible ☆

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

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

That is why they named it Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of all the inhabitants of earth and scattered them over the whole world.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

That is why they named it Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of all the inhabitants of earth and scattered them over the whole world.

Revised Version ☆

Therefore was 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.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

Therefore the name of it is called Confusion, because the Lord there confused the tongue of all the earth, and from thence the Lord dispersed them upon the face of all the earth.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.

World English Bible ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.

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

Therefore is the shem of it called Bavel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمُهَا «بَابِلَ» لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ هُنَاكَ بَلْبَلَ لِسَانَ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ بَدَّدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​သည်​လူ​သား​အ​ပေါင်း​တို့ ၏​ဘာ​သာ​စ​ကား​ကို​ရှုပ်​ထွေး​စေ​၍ သူ​တို့ ကို​ကမ္ဘာ​အ​ရပ်​ရပ်​သို့​ကွဲ​လွင့်​စေ​တော်​မူ​ခဲ့ ခြင်း​ကြောင့် ထို​မြို့​ကို​ဗာ​ဗု​လုန်​မြို့​ဟူ​၍ ခေါ်​တွင်​ကြ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍ ထိုမြို့၌ ထာဝရဘုရား သည် မြေကြီး သားအပေါင်း တို့၏ စကား ကိုရှုပ် ထွေး၍ ၊ သူ တို့ကို မြေကြီး တပြင်လုံး ၌ အရပ်ရပ် ကွဲပြား စေတော်မူသောကြောင့် ထို မြို့ သည် ဗာဗုလုန် မြို့ဟူ၍တွင် သတည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angraeng mah long pum ah kaom kaminawk to lok anghmangsak, to ahmuen hoiah nihcae to long pum ah ampraeksak phang, to pongah vangpui to Babel, tiah kawk o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

He kongah BOEIPA loh diklai pum kah ol he pahoi a thoek pah tih a ming te Babylon a sui. Te lamlong tah BOEIPA loh amih te diklai hman boeih ah a taekyak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

He kongah BOEIPA loh diklai pum kah ol he pahoi a thoek pah tih a ming te Babylon a sui. Te lamlong tah BOEIPA loh amih te diklai hman boeih ah a taekyak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因为耶和华在那里变乱天下人的言语，使众人分散在全地上，所以那城名叫 巴别 。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因為耶和華在那裏變亂天下人的言語，使眾人分散在全地上，所以那城名叫 巴別 。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因此那城名叫巴别，因为耶和华在那里混乱了全地的语言；耶和华从那里把他们分散在全地面上。

Croatian Bible ☆

Stoga mu je ime Babel, jer je ondje Jahve pobrkao govor svima u onom kraju i odande ih je Jahve raspršio po svoj zemlji.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Protož nazváno jest jméno jeho Bábel; nebo tu zmátl Hospodin jazyk vší země; a odtud rozptýlil je Hospodin po vší zemi.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Derfor kaldte man den Babel, thi der forvirrede* HERREN al Jordens Tungemål, og derfra spredte HERREN dem ud over hele Jorden. { [*på hebr. Ordspil med Navnet Babel.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Daarom noemde men haar naam Babel; want aldaar verwarde de HEERE de spraak der ganse aarde, en van daar verstrooide hen de HEERE over de ganse aarde.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Daarom noemt men haar Babel, omdat Jahweh daar de spraak van de hele aarde in verwarring heeft gebracht, en omdat Jahweh hen vandaar over de hele aarde heeft verstrooid.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tial oni donis al ĝi la nomon Babel, ĉar tie la Eternulo konfuzis la lingvon de la tuta tero kaj de tie la Eternulo disigis ilin sur la supraĵon de la tuta tero.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

C’est pourquoi on appela son nom Babel , car là l’ Éternel confondit le langage de toute la terre ; et de là l’ Éternel les dispersa sur la face de toute la terre.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

C'est pourquoi son nom fut appelé Babel (confusion); car l'Éternel y confondit le langage de toute la terre, et de là l'Éternel les dispersa sur toute la face de la terre.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

C’est pourquoi on l’appela du nom de Babel, car c’est là que l’Éternel confondit le langage de toute la terre, et c’est de là que l’Éternel les dispersa sur la face de toute la terre.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

C'est pourquoi on l'appela Babel, car c'est là que le SEIGNEUR confondit le langage de toute la terre. De là, le SEIGNEUR les dispersa sur toute la terre.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Darum gab man ihr den Namen Babel; denn daselbst verwirrte Jehova die Sprache der ganzen Erde, und von dannen zerstreute sie Jehova über die ganze Erde.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Daher heißt ihr Name Babel, daß der HERR daselbst verwirrt hatte aller Länder Sprache und sie zerstreut von dort in alle Länder.

German Textbibel ☆

Darum nennt man sie Babel, weil Jahwe dort die Sprache der ganzen Menschheit verwirrte und Jahwe sie von dort über die ganze Erde zerstreute.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Daher gab man ihr den Namen Babel, weil der HERR daselbst die Sprache der ganzen Welt verwirrte und sie von dannen über die ganze Erde zerstreute.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σύγχυσις, ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεε Κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς, Σύγχυσις, ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεε Κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Se poutèt sa yo rele lavil la Babèl, paske se la Seyè a te mele lang tout moun ki rete sou latè, li fè yo pati, li gaye yo toupatou sou latè.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ia mea, ua kapaia ka inoa o ia wahi, o Babela, no ka mea, ilaila o Iehova i hookahuli ai i ka olelo a ko ka honua a pau: a mai ia wahi aku i hoopuehu aku ai o Iehova ia lakou maluna o ka honua a pau.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וּמִשָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

על כן קרא שמה בבל כי שם בלל יהוה שפת כל הארץ ומשם הפיצם יהוה על פני כל הארץ׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciò essa fu nominata Babilonia ; perciocchè il Signore confuse quivi la favella di tutta la terra, e disperse coloro di là sopra la faccia di tutta la terra.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Perciò a questa fu dato il nome di Babel perché l’Eterno confuse quivi il linguaggio di tutta la terra, e di la l’Eterno li disperse sulla faccia di tutta la terra.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

それゆえ、その名はバベルと呼ばれた。そこで主が全地の言語を混乱させたからである。そこから、主は彼らを全地の表に散らされた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그러므로 그 이름을 바벨이라 하니 이는 여호와께서 거기서 온 땅의 언어를 혼잡케 하셨음이라 여호와께서 거기서 그들을 온 지면에 흩으셨더라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Siti sac pangpang Babylon, mweyen LEUM GOD El akfohsyauk kas lun mwet nukewa we, ac akfahsryeloselik nukewa liki acn we nu fin faclu nufon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ: et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

از آن سبب آنجا را بابل نامیدند، زیرا که در آنجا خداوند لغت تمامی اهل جهان رامشوش ساخت. و خداوند ایشان را از آنجا برروی تمام زمین پراکنده نمود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Por isso, o seu nome foi chamado Babel, porque ali o SENHOR confundiu a língua de toda a terra. Dali, o SENHOR os espalhou sobre a face de toda a terra.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por isto foi chamado o nome dela Babel, porque ali confundiu o SENHOR a língua de toda a terra, e desde ali os espalhou sobre a face de toda a terra.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De aceea i s-a pus numele Babel, pentru că acolo DOMNUL a încurcat limba întregului pământ; şi de acolo DOMNUL i-a împrăştiat peste faţa întregului pământ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Де ачея, четатя а фост нумитэ Бабел, кэч аколо а ынкуркат Домнул лимба ынтрегулуй пэмынт ши де аколо й-а ымпрэштият Домнул пе тоатэ фаца пэмынтулуй.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Посему дано ему имя: Вавилон, ибо там смешал Господь язык всей земли, и оттуда рассеял их Господь по всей земле.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zato se prozva Vavilon, jer onde pomete Gospod jezik cele zemlje, i odande ih rasu Gospod po svoj zemlji.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зато се прозва Вавилон, јер онде помете Господ језик целе земље, и оданде их расу Господ по свој земљи.

Mashi Bible ☆

Aho bahayîrika Babeli , bulya ho Nyamubâho ashandiraga iderha ly’abantu oku igulu, ahôla ho anabashandabanyizagya, bashandâla omu igulu lyoshi.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Por esto fué llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confundió Jehová el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra.

Spanish BLL ☆

Por eso la ciudad se llamó Babel, porque allí confundió Yahvé el idioma de todo el mundo, y desde allí los dispersó por toda la tierra.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Por esto fue llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confundió Yahvé el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Así que se llamó Babel, porque allí el Señor quitó el sentido de todos los idiomas y desde allí el Señor los envió sobre toda la faz de la tierra.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Por eso lo llamó Babel, porque allí Yavé confundió la lengua de toda la tierra. Desde allí Yavé los esparció por la superficie de toda la tierra.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku ui ai hono hingoa ko Pepeli; koeʻuhi naʻe veuveuki ʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻae lea ʻa māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻe fakamovetevete ʻakinautolu mei ai, ʻe Sihova, ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Тим проложено йому імя Бабель: бо там помішав Господь мову всієї землї, і звідти розсїяв їх Господь по лицю всієї землї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Тим проложено йому імя Бабель: бо там помішав Господь мову всієї землї, і звідти розсїяв їх Господь по лицю всієї землї.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Bởi cớ đó đặt tên thành là Ba-bên, vì nơi đó Đức Giê-hô-va làm lộn xộn tiếng nói của cả thế gian, và từ đây Ngài làm cho loài người tản ra khắp trên mặt đất.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וּמִשָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ