Genesis 11:3,7
Genesis 11:3 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Genesis 11:7 King James Version (KJV)
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Genesis 11:3 The Message (MSG)
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and fire them well.” They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:6-9 The Message (MSG)
GOD took one look and said, “One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they’ll come up with next—they’ll stop at nothing! Come, we’ll go down and garble their speech so they won’t understand each other.” Then GOD scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That’s how it came to be called Babel, because there GOD turned their language into “babble.” From there GOD scattered them all over the world. * * *
Genesis 11:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 11:3 New Century Version (NCV)
They said to each other, “Let’s make bricks and bake them to make them hard.” So they used bricks instead of stones, and tar instead of mortar.
Genesis 11:7 New Century Version (NCV)
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not be able to understand each other.”
Genesis 11:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Genesis 11:3 New International Version (NIV)
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 New International Version (NIV)
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Genesis 11:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 11:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to harden and strengthen them].” So they used brick for stone [as building material], and they used tar (bitumen, asphalt) for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 11:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Genesis 11:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”
Genesis 11:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
They said to one another, “Come, let’s unite together and make bricks of clay and burn them until they become hard.” So, they piled up the bricks they made to serve as stones and collected tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Come, let us go down and confuse their language and prevent them from understanding each other.”