Genesis 11:9 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 therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Therefore 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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Therefore was 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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
therefore [one] has called its name Babel, for there YHWH has confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH has scattered them over the face of all the earth.
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
Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD there confounded the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lord did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
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)
Therefore was 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.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
FBV Free Bible Version
That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
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
So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Por esto fué llamado el nombre de ella Babel, porque allí confundió Jehová el lenguaje de toda la tierra, y desde allí los esparció sobre la faz de toda la tierra.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Por esta razón la ciudad se llamó Babel, porque fue allí donde Dios los confundió haciendo que hablaran diversos idiomas, y los esparció por toda la tierra.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Por eso lo llamó Babel, porque allí Yavé confundió la lengua de toda la tierra. Desde allí Yavé los esparció por la superficie de toda la tierra.
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)
Por eso la ciudad fue llamada Babel, porque el Señor confundió el idioma que se hablaba en el mundo.
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)
Por eso la ciudad fue llamada Babel, porque allí el Señor confundió el idioma de toda la tierra y desde allí los dispersó por toda la tierra.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς, Σύγχυσις, ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεε Κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל כִּי־שָׁ֛ם בָּלַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה שְׂפַ֣ת כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וּמִשָּׁם֙ הֱפִיצָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et idcirco vocatum est nomen ejus Babel, quia ibi confusum est labium universæ terræ: et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Сегѡ̀ ра́ди нарече́сѧ и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀ смѣше́нїе, ꙗ҆́кѡ та́мѡ смѣсѝ гдⷭ҇ь ᲂу҆стна̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ, и҆ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ разсѣ́ѧ и҆̀хъ гдⷭ҇ь по лицꙋ̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ.
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)
Посему дано ему имя: Вавилон, ибо там смешал Господь язык всей земли, и оттуда рассеял их Господь по всей земле.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διά τούτο ωνομάσθη το όνομα αυτής Βαβέλ· διότι εκεί συνέχεεν ο Κύριος την γλώσσαν πάσης της γής· και εκείθεν διεσκόρπισεν αυτούς ο Κύριος επί το πρόσωπον πάσης της γης.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Зато се прозва Вавилон, јер онде помете Господ језик целе земље, и оданде их расу Господ по свој земљи.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Zato se prozva Vavilon, jer onde pomete Gospod jezik cele zemlje, i odande ih rasu Gospod po svoj zemlji.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمُهَا «بَابِلَ» لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ هُنَاكَ بَلْبَلَ لِسَانَ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ بَدَّدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT