Genesis 11:6 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And 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.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and YHWH says, “Behold, the people [is] one, and one language [is] to them all, and this it has dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
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Darby Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
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Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
FBV Free Bible Version
The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y dijo Jehová: He aquí el pueblo es uno, y todos éstos tienen un lenguaje: y han comenzado á obrar, y nada les retraerá ahora de lo que han pensando hacer.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
y pensó: «Esto lo pueden hacer porque forman un solo pueblo y hablan el mismo idioma. Esa torre es sólo la primera de muchas otras obras que harán. ¡Todo lo que se propongan hacer lo harán y nadie podrá detenerlos!
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y Yavé dijo: Ciertamente son un pueblo y todos ellos tienen la misma lengua. Éste es solo el principio de su obra y nada les hará desistir de lo que planean hacer.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y el Señor dijo: “Miren cómo estas personas están unidas y hablando el mismo idioma. ¡Si pueden lograr todo esto tan solo comenzando, nada les será imposible si se fijan un propósito!
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
El Señor dijo: «Todos forman un solo pueblo y hablan un solo idioma. Esto es solo el comienzo de lo que pueden hacer. Ahora nada les impedirá hacer todo lo que se propongan.
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 εἶπε Κύριος, ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν, καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπʼ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
et dixit: Ecce, unus est populus, et unum labium omnibus: cœperuntque hoc facere, nec desistent a cogitationibus suis, donec eas opere compleant.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь: сѐ, ро́дъ є҆ди́нъ, и҆ ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ є҆ди̑нѣ всѣ́хъ, и҆ сїѐ нача́ша твори́ти: и҆ нн҃ѣ не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́ютъ ѿ ни́хъ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка а҆́ще восхотѧ́тъ твори́ти.
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)
И сказал Господь: вот, один народ, и один у всех язык; и вот что начали они делать, и не отстанут они от того, что задумали делать;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και είπεν ο Κύριος, Ιδού, εις λαός, και πάντες έχουσι μίαν γλώσσαν, και ήρχισαν να κάμνωσι τούτο· και τώρα δεν θέλει εμποδισθή εις αυτούς παν ό,τι σκοπεύουσι να κάμωσιν·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И рече Господ: Гле, народ један, и један језик у свих, и то почеше радити, и неће им сметати ништа да не ураде шта су наумили.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I reče Gospod: Gle, narod jedan, i jedan jezik u svih, i to počeše raditi, i neće im smetati ništa da ne urade šta su naumili.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ وَاحِدٌ وَلِسَانٌ وَاحِدٌ لِجَمِيعِهِمْ، وَهَذَا ٱبْتِدَاؤُهُمْ بِٱلْعَمَلِ. وَٱلْآنَ لَا يَمْتَنِعُ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلُّ مَا يَنْوُونَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT