Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

我们下去，在那里变乱他们的口音，使他们的言语彼此不通。”

来，我们下去，在那里变乱他们的语言，使他们彼此语言不通。”

来，我们下去，在那里变乱他们的语言，使他们彼此语言不通。”

让我们下去变乱他们的语言，使他们彼此言语不通。”

来，我们下去，在那里混乱他们的语言，使他们听不懂对方的话。”

来吧！让我们下去，在那里把他们的语言变乱，使他们彼此听不懂对方的语言。”

我們下去，在那裏變亂他們的口音，使他們的言語彼此不通。」

來，我們下去，在那裏變亂他們的語言，使他們彼此語言不通。」

來，我們下去，在那裏變亂他們的語言，使他們彼此語言不通。」

讓我們下去變亂他們的語言，使他們彼此言語不通。」

來，我們下去，在那裡混亂他們的語言，使他們聽不懂對方的話。”

來，我們下去，就在那裏使他們的口音混亂，不曉得聽彼此的口音。』

來吧！讓我們下去，在那裡把他們的語言變亂，使他們彼此聽不懂對方的語言。」

我儕臨格、淆其言語、使彼此不通、

我儕臨格、淆其言語、使彼此不通。

我儕降臨、淆其言語、使彼此不通、

Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

Come on! Let us go down and mix up their language. Then they will not be able to understand one another.”

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

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

Come, let Us go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

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

Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Then God said,“ Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.They were completely amazed.“ How can this be?” they exclaimed.“ These people are all from Galilee,and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!Here we are— Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia,Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome( both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”

Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.

The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.

For if you have the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them.A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened.Dear brothers and sisters, if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language, how would that help you? But if I bring you a revelation or some special knowledge or prophecy or teaching, that will be helpful.Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody.And if the bugler doesn’t sound a clear call, how will the soldiers know they are being called to battle?It’s the same for you. If you speak to people in words they don’t understand, how will they know what you are saying? You might as well be talking into empty space.There are many different languages in the world, and every language has meaning.But if I don’t understand a language, I will be a foreigner to someone who speaks it, and the one who speaks it will be a foreigner to me.

Then I heard the Lord asking,“ Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said,“ Here I am. Send me.”

He silences the trusted adviser and removes the insight of the elders.

Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,” says the Lord.“ It is a mighty nation, an ancient nation, a people whose language you do not know, whose speech you cannot understand.

These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.

But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed.He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.

But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.

“ The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,

Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.

Then the Lord God said,“ Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”

Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.

These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.