Genesis 11:5 “Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of…”

Genesis 11:5

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

World English Bible

The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and towre, which the sonnes of men builded.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

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Cross references

“And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”

Genesis 18:21 John 3:13 Hebrews 4:13 Exodus 19:11 Psalm 11:4 Psalm 33:13

Genesis 18:21 · BSB

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

John 3:13 · BSB

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

Hebrews 4:13 · BSB

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Exodus 19:11 · BSB

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Psalm 11:4 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalm 33:13 · BSB

The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

Also

Exodus 19:20 Exodus 3:8 Exodus 19:18

Exodus 19:20 · BSB

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Exodus 19:18 · BSB

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

6And 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.

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