Font Size
Genesis 11:8
New International Version
Genesis 11:8
New International Version
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth,(A) and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:8
King James Version
Genesis 11:8
King James Version
8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Read full chapter
Genesis 11:9
New International Version
Genesis 11:9
New International Version
9 That is why it was called Babel[a](A)—because there the Lord confused the language(B) of the whole world.(C) From there the Lord scattered(D) them over the face of the whole earth.
Footnotes
- Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
Genesis 11:9
King James Version
Genesis 11:9
King James Version
9 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.
Read full chapter
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.