Bible Verses About Babel

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

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

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;