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Genesis 11:6

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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.
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  1. Psalms 2:1–4Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

    3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

    4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

  2. Genesis 11:1Rank 2 from verse 6
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    1AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

  3. Genesis 3:22Rank 3 from verse 6
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    22¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  4. Ecclesiastes 11:9Rank 4 from verse 6
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    9¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  5. Luke 1:51Rank 5 from verse 6
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    51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

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Genesis 11:6

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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language

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1. An ordered form of speech and words used and understood by a people. 2. A particular tongue, vocabulary, or manner of expression. 3. A people or group sharing a language.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

restrained

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of restrain, meaning to hold back, check, limit, repress, prevent, or keep under control.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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imagined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of imagine, meaning to form an idea, purpose, or plan in the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11:1AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

11:2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

11:3And 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.

11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

11:5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

11:6And 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.

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11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

11:8So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

11:9Therefore 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.

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