Genesis 11:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.”
Genesis 11:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 11:1 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 11:1 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 11:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.”
Genesis 11:1 — World English Bible
Genesis 11:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.”
Genesis 11:1 — American Standard Version
Genesis 11:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,”
Genesis 11:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 11:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.”
Genesis 11:1 — Darby Translation
Genesis 11:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.”
Genesis 11:1 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 11:1 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the whole earth was one language and one speech.”
Genesis 11:1 — The Living Sword
Genesis 11:1 in Context — Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
What Does Genesis 11:1 Mean?
Genesis 11:1 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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