Verse 4

And they said,{H559} Come,{H3051} let us build{H1129} us a city,{H5892} and a tower,{H4026} whose top{H7218} [may reach] unto heaven,{H8064} and let us make{H6213} us a name;{H8034} lest we be scattered abroad{H6327} upon the face{H6440} of the whole earth.{H776}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Whither are we going up?{H5927} our brethren{H251} have made our heart{H3824} to melt,{H4549} saying,{H559} The people{H5971} are greater{H1419} and taller{H7311} than we; the cities{H5892} are great{H1419} and fortified up{H1219} to heaven;{H8064} and moreover we have seen{H7200} the sons{H1121} of the Anakim{H6062} there.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Hear,{H8085} O Israel:{H3478} thou art to pass over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} this day,{H3117} to go in{H935} to dispossess{H3423} nations{H1471} greater{H1419} and mightier{H6099} than thyself, cities{H5892} great{H1419} and fortified up{H1219} to heaven,{H8064}
  • 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 And David{H1732} gat{H6213} him a name{H8034} when he returned{H7725} from smiting{H5221} the Syrians{H758} in the Valley{H1516} of Salt,{H4417} even eighteen{H8083} thousand{H505} men.
  • Ps 49:11-13 : 11 Their inward{H7130} thought is, [that] their houses{H1004} [shall continue] for ever,{H5769} [And] their dwelling-places{H4908} to all{H1755} generations;{H1755} They call{H7121} their lands{H127} after their own names.{H8034} 12 But man{H120} [being] in honor{H3366} abideth{H3885} not: He is like{H4911} the beasts{H929} that perish.{H1820} 13 This their way{H1870} is their folly:{H3689} Yet after them{H310} men approve{H7521} their sayings.{H6310} {H5542}
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies,{H341} O Jehovah,{H3068} For, lo, thine enemies{H341} shall perish;{H6} All the workers{H6466} of iniquity{H205} shall be scattered.{H6504}
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory{H2143} of the righteous{H6662} is blessed;{H1293} But the name{H8034} of the wicked{H7563} shall rot.{H7537}
  • Dan 4:11 : 11 The tree{H363} grew,{H7236} and was strong,{H8631} and the height{H7314} thereof reached{H4291} unto heaven,{H8065} and the sight{H2379} thereof to the end{H5491} of all{H3606} the earth.{H772}
  • Dan 4:22 : 22 it is thou,{H607} O king,{H4430} that art grown{H7236} and become strong;{H8631} for thy greatness{H7238} is grown,{H7236} and reacheth{H4291} unto heaven,{H8065} and thy dominion{H7985} to the end{H5491} of the earth.{H772}
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Is{H576} not{H3809} this{H1932} great{H7229} Babylon,{H895} which I{H576} have built{H1124} for the royal{H4437} dwelling-place, by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632} and for the glory{H3367} of my majesty?{H1923}
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He hath showed{G4160} strength{G2904} with{G1722} his{G846} arm;{G1023} He hath scattered{G1287} the proud{G5244} in the imagination{G1271} of{G2588} their{G846} heart.{G2588}
  • John 5:44 : 44 How{G4459} can{G1410} ye{G5210} believe,{G4100} who receive{G2983} glory{G1391} one{G240} of{G3844} another,{G240} and{G2532} the glory{G1391} that{G3588} [cometh] from{G3844} the only{G3441} God{G2316} ye seek{G2212} not?{G3756}
  • Deut 4:27 : 27 And Jehovah{H3068} will scatter{H6327} you among the peoples,{H5971} and ye shall be left{H7604} few{H4962} in number{H4557} among the nations,{H1471} whither Jehovah{H3068} shall lead{H5090} you away.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim{H5303} were in the earth{H776} in those days,{H3117} and also after{H310} that,{H3651} when{H834} the sons{H1121} of God{H430} came in{H935} unto the daughters{H1323} of men,{H120} and they bare{H3205} children to them: the same{H1992} were the mighty men{H582} that were of old,{H5769} the men{H582} of renown.{H8034}
  • Gen 11:8-9 : 8 So Jehovah{H3068} scattered them abroad{H6327} from thence{H8033} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth:{H776} and they left off{H2308} building{H1129} the city.{H5892} 9 Therefore was the name of it{H8034} called{H7121} Babel;{H894} because Jehovah{H3068} did there confound{H1101} the language{H8193} of all the earth:{H776} and from thence did{H6327} Jehovah{H3068} scatter them abroad{H6327} upon the face{H6440} of all the earth.{H776}