Genesis 11:1 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And the whole earth is of one language, and of the same words,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
FBV Free Bible Version
At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
ERA entonces toda la tierra de una lengua y unas mismas palabras.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
En ese tiempo, toda la gente hablaba un mismo idioma.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Entonces toda la tierra tenía una sola lengua y las mismas palabras.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
En ese tiempo se hablaba en todo el mundo un solo idioma y todos usaban palabras con el mismo significado.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Toda la tierra tenía un solo idioma y usaba las mismas palabras.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ ἦν πᾶσα ἡ γῆ χεῖλος ἓν, καὶ φωνὴ μία πᾶσι.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַֽיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Erat autem terra labii unius, et sermonum eorumdem.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ бѣ̀ всѧ̀ землѧ̀ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ є҆ди̑нѣ, и҆ гла́съ є҆ди́нъ всѣ̑мъ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
На всей земле был один язык и одно наречие.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ήτο πάσα η γη μιας γλώσσης και μιας φωνής.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А беше на целој земљи један језик и једнаке речи.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A beše na celoj zemlji jedan jezik i jednake reči.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَكَانَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا لِسَانًا وَاحِدًا وَلُغَةً وَاحِدَةً.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT