Genesis 11:8
ContextNET © | So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building 1 the city. |
NIV © | So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. |
NASB © | So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. |
NLT © | In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the earth; and that ended the building of the city. |
MSG © | Then GOD scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. |
BBE © | So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town. |
NRSV © | So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. |
NKJV © | So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. |
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NET © | So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building 1 the city. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing. |