Genesis 11:4

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

ASV Byzantine Text

And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nihcae mah, Angzo oh, vangpui maeto sah o si loe, van pha khoek to imsang to sah o si; aimacae ahmin amthang hanah sah o si, to tih ai nahaeloe long pum ah ampraek o boih moeng tih, tiah a thuih o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah, “Lo lah, mamih ham khopuei neh rhaltoengim khaw, a soi te vaan duela sa uh sih. Te dongah mamih ham ming khueh sih, diklai pum kah mikhmuh ah vik n'taekyak uh ve,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah, “Lo lah, mamih ham khopuei neh rhaltoengim khaw, a soi te vaan duela sa uh sih. Te dongah mamih ham ming khueh sih, diklai pum kah mikhmuh ah vik n'taekyak uh ve,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo ae la lakou, Ina kakou, e hana kakou i kulanakauhale no kakou, a me ka halepakui e kiekie ae kona welau i ka lani; a e hookaulana i ko kakou inoa, o hoopuehuia'ku kakou maluna o ka honua a pau.

English Berean Standard Bible

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Apre sa, yo di. Annou wè! Ann bati yon gwo lavil pou nou rete ak yon gwo gwo kay tout won byen wo ki rive jouk nan syèl la. Konsa tout moun va respekte nou, yo p'ap ka gaye nou toupatou sou latè.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et dixerunt: Venite, faciamus nobis civitatem et turrim, cujus culmen pertingat ad cælum: et celebremus nomen nostrum antequam dividamur in universas terras.

Bible in Basic English

And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et ils dirent : Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville, et une tour dont le sommet [atteigne] jusqu’aux cieux ; et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebo řekli: Nuže, vystavějme sobě město a věži, jejíž by vrch dosahal k nebi; a tak učiňme sobě jméno, abychom nebyli rozptýleni po vší zemi.

Kosraean Bible

Na elos fahk, “Inge kut ac musaela sie siti ac sie tower ma ac sun acn inkusrao, inesr in mau ku in pwengpeng, ac kut in tia musalelik nu fin faclu nufon.”

World Portuguese Bible

Disseram: “Venham, vamos construir para nós uma cidade e uma torre cujo topo chegue até o céu, e vamos fazer um nome para nós, para que não sejamos espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi au spus: Haidem să ne zidim o cetate şi un turn, al cărui vârf să ajungă până la cer; şi să ne facem un nume, ca nu cumva să fim împrăştiaţi pretutindeni pe faţa întregului pământ.

Brenton English Septuagint

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူ​တို့​က``မိုး​ထိ​အောင်​မြင့်​သော​ရဲ​တိုက်​နှင့် တ​ကွ​မြို့​ကြီး​ကို​တည်​ဆောက်​ကြ​ကုန်​အံ့။ ဤ နည်း​အား​ဖြင့်​ငါ​တို့​သည်​ထင်​ရှား​ကျော်​ကြား လာ​၍ ကမ္ဘာ​အ​ရပ်​ရပ်​သို့​မ​ကွဲ​မ​လွင့်​ဘဲ​ရှိ လိမ့်​မည်'' ဟု​ဆို​လေ​၏။

Darby Translation

And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und sie sprachen: Wohlan, bauen wir uns eine Stadt und einen Turm, dessen Spitze an den Himmel reiche, und machen wir uns einen Namen, daß wir nicht zerstreut werden über die ganze Erde!

Dutch Bible 1917

En zij zeiden: Kom aan, laat ons voor ons een stad bouwen, en een toren, welks opperste in den hemel zij, en laat ons een naam voor ons maken, opdat wij niet misschien over de ganse aarde verstrooid worden!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Later zeiden ze weer: Komt, laten we ons een stad bouwen met een toren, waarvan de spits tot in de hemel reikt; dan maken we ons een herkenningsteken, zodat we niet over heel de aarde worden verstrooid.

Italian Diodati Bible

Poi dissero: Or su, edifichiamoci una città, ed una torre, la cui sommità giunga fino al cielo, ed acquistiamoci fama; che talora noi non siamo dispersi sopra la faccia di tutta la terra.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.

Danish Bible 1931

Derpå sagde de: “Kom, lad os bygge os en By og et Tårn, hvis Top når til Himmelen, og skabe os et Navn, for at vi ikke skal spredes ud over hele Jorden!”

Leeser Tanakh

And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'

King James Version

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lại nói rằng: Nào! chúng ta hãy xây một cái thành và dựng lên một cái tháp, chót cao đến tận trời; ta hãy lo làm cho rạng danh, e khi phải tản lạc khắp trên mặt đất.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Vakai, ke tau langa moʻotautolu ha kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, kae aʻu hono tuʻa fale ki langi; pea tau fakaongoongoa ʻa hotau hingoa, telia naʻa fakamovetevete ʻakitautolu ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour, dont le sommet soit dans les cieux, et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj ili diris: Venu, ni konstruu al ni urbon, kaj turon, kies supro atingos la ĉielon, kaj ni akiru al ni gloron, antaŭ ol ni disiĝos sur la supraĵo de la tuta tero.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ils dirent encore: Allons! Bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet touche au ciel, et faisons-nous un nom, afin que nous ne soyons pas dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.

German Luther Bible 1912

und sprachen: Wohlauf, laßt uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, des Spitze bis an den Himmel reiche, daß wir uns einen Namen machen! denn wir werden sonst zerstreut in alle Länder.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

British English Septuagint 2012

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Majority Standard BIble

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Webster Bible

And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

They said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will touch the heavens. We will make a landmark, so that we are not scattered over all the earth.’

Open English Bible (US)

They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will touch the heavens. We will make a landmark, so that we are not scattered over all the earth.”

Revised Version

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E dissero: “Orsù, edifichiamoci una città ed una torre di cui la cima giunga fino al cielo, e acquistiamoci fama, onde non siamo dispersi sulla faccia di tutta la terra”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ils dirent : « Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont le sommet touche au ciel, et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur toute la terre. »

Reina Valera 1909

Y dijeron: Vamos, edifiquémonos una ciudad y una torre, cuya cúspide llegue al cielo; y hagámonos un nombre, por si fuéremos esparcidos sobre la faz de toda la tierra.

Spanish BLL

Luego dijeron: “Vengan, vamos a construir una ciudad y una torre que llegue hasta el cielo. Así nos haremos famosos y no andaremos dispersos por todo el mundo”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y dijeron: «Venid, edifiquémonos una ciudad y una torre, cuya cúspide llegue al cielo; y hagámonos un nombre, por si fuéramos esparcidos sobre la faz de toda la tierra».

Croatian Bible

Onda rekoše: “Hajde da sebi podignemo grad i toranj s vrhom do neba! Pribavimo sebi ime, da se ne raspršimo po svoj zemlji!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Posle rekoše: Hajde da sazidamo grad i kulu, kojoj će vrh biti do neba, da stečemo sebi ime, da se ne bismo rasejali po zemlji.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And they said, Come, let us build a city, and a tower, the bead of it coming to the pinnacle of the heavens. And we will make to us a name, lest we be dispersed upon the face of all the earth.

German Textbibel

Da sprachen sie: Wohlan, wir wollen uns eine Stadt bauen und einen Turm, dessen Spitze bis an den Himmel reicht, und wollen uns ein Denkmal machen, damit wir uns nicht über die ganze Erde hin zerstreuen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ הָ֣בָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם פֶּן־נָפ֖וּץ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

World English Bible

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World English Bible British Edition

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World English Bible Classic

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World English Bible Updated

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World Messianic Bible

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

Wycliffe Bible portions

and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.

Young's Literal Translation

And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ εἶπαν· δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἔσται ἡ κεφαλὴ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ εἶπαν, δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἔσται ἡ κεφαλὴ ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα, πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ши ау май зис: „Хайдем сэ не зидим о четате ши ун турн ал кэруй вырф сэ атингэ черул ши сэ не фачем ун нуме, ка сэ ну фим ымпрэштияць пе тоатэ фаца пэмынтулуй!”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І мовляли: Нумо споруджувати місто із баштою, щоб її верх був до небес, і зробімо собі память, щоб не розпорошитись нам по всїй землї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І мовляли: Нумо споруджувати місто із баштою, щоб її верх був до небес, і зробімо собі память, щоб не розпорошитись нам по всїй землї.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

После рекоше: Хајде да сазидамо град и кулу, којој ће врх бити до неба, да стечемо себи име, да се не бисмо расејали по земљи.

Russian Synodal Bible

И сказали они: построим себе город и башню, высотою до небес, и сделаем себе имя, прежде нежели рассеемся по лицу всей земли.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ הָ֣בָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשֹׁ֣ו בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם פֶּן־נָפ֖וּץ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויאמרו הבה נבנה לנו עיר ומגדל וראשו בשמים ונעשה לנו שם פן נפוץ על פני כל הארץ׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَقَالُوا: «هَلُمَّ نَبْنِ لِأَنْفُسِنَا مَدِينَةً وَبُرْجًا رَأْسُهُ بِٱلسَّمَاءِ. وَنَصْنَعُ لِأَنْفُسِنَا ٱسْمًا لِئَلَّا نَتَبَدَّدَ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

Old Persion Version Bible

وگفتند: «بیایید شهری برای خود بنا نهیم، و برجی را که سرش به آسمان برسد، تا نامی برای خویشتن پیدا کنیم، مبادا بر روی تمام زمین پراکنده شویم.»

Judson Burmese Bible

လာ ကြ၊ မြေကြီး တပြင်လုံး ၌ အရပ်ရပ် ကွဲပြား မည်ကို စိုးရိမ် ၍၊ မြို့ ကို ၎င်း ၊ မိုဃ်းကောင်းကင် သို့ မှီရသော ရဲတိုက် ကို၎င်း တည် လုပ်သဖြင့် ၊ ကျော်စော ကိတ္တိရှိစေခြင်းငှါ ပြု ကြကုန်အံ့ဟု ပြောဆို ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

또 말하되 `자, 성과 대를 쌓아 대 꼭대기를 하늘에 닿게 하여 우리 이름을 내고 온 지면에 흩어짐을 면하자' 하였더니

Japanese Freedom Bible

彼らは言った。「さあ、町と、頂が天に届く塔を自分たちのために建て、名を上げよう。全地の表に散らされないためだ。」

World Chinese Bible

他们说：“来吧，我们来为自己建一座城和一座塔，塔顶通天；我们要为自己扬名，免得我们分散在全地面上。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

他们说：「来吧！我们要建造一座城和一座塔，塔顶通天，为要传扬我们的名，免得我们分散在全地上。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

他們說：「來吧！我們要建造一座城和一座塔，塔頂通天，為要傳揚我們的名，免得我們分散在全地上。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E disseram: Vamos, edifiquemo-nos uma cidade e uma torre, cuja ponta chegue ao céu; e façamo-nos um nome, para que não sejamos espalhados sobre a face de toda a terra.

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Mashi Bible

Banacibwîrana mpu: «Ewa yâgi: Rhuyûbake olugo, kandi rhuhirekwo enkingi yahika oku nkuba malunga. Ntyo nîrhu rhwanakâderha oku nîrhu rhuli balume là, na kandi okwôla kwanarhuma rhurhacishandabana omu igulu».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Und sie sprachen: Wohlan, laßt uns eine Stadt und einen Turm bauen, dessen Spitze bis an den Himmel reicht, daß wir uns einen Namen machen, damit wir ja nicht über die ganze Erde zerstreuet werden!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y ellos dijeron: Vamos, hagamos una ciudad, y una torre cuya cima subirá al cielo; y hagamos un gran nombre para nosotros mismos, para que no seamos vagabundos sobre la faz de la tierra.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Y dijeron: Vengan, construyámonos una ciudad y una torre cuya cúspide llegue al cielo. Hagámonos un nombre, en caso de que seamos esparcidos por la superficie de toda la tierra.

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

And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.

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