Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Behold. Genesis 3:22 And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. Judges 10:14 Go, and call upon the gods which you have chosen: let them deliver you in the time of distress. 1 Kings 18:27 And when it was now noon, Elias jested at them, saying: Cry with a louder voice: for he is a god; and perhaps he is talking, or is in an inn, or on a journey; or perhaps he is asleep, and must be awaked. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment. the people. Genesis 11:1 And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech. Genesis 9:19 These three are the sons of Noe: and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth. Acts 17:26 And hath made of one, all mankind, to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, determining appointed times and the limits of their habitation. imagined. Genesis 6:5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, Genesis 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done. Psalm 2:1-4 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . . Luke 1:51 He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. Context The Tower of Babel…5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building. 6And 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.7Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.… Cross References Genesis 11:1 And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech. Amos 4:7 I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered. Lexicon And the LORDיְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “If הֵ֣ן (hên) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold! they have begun הַחִלָּ֣ם (ha·ḥil·lām) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play to do לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make this וְזֶ֖ה (wə·zeh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that as one אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first people עַ֤ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock speaking the same לְכֻלָּ֔ם (lə·ḵul·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every language, וְשָׂפָ֤ה (wə·śā·p̄āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin then וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time nothing לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no they devise יָזְמ֖וּ (yā·zə·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2161: To consider, purpose, devise will be beyond יִבָּצֵ֣ר (yib·bā·ṣêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose them. מֵהֶ֔ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They Additional Translations 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.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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do. 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. 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