Genesis 11:6
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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 LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
In other translations
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 LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הֵןhenhere!H2005עַם'ama peopleH5971אֶחָד'echadoneH259וְשָׂפָהvesafahand a languageH8193אַחַת'achatoneH259לְכֻלָּםlekhulam[belongs] to all of themH3605וְזֶהvezehand thisH2088הַחִלָּםhachilam[is] beginning theyH2490לַעֲשׂוֹתla'asotto doH6213וְעַתָּהve'atahand nowH6258לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִבָּצֵרyibatzerit will be withheldH1219מֵהֶםmehemfrom <the> themכֹּלkolallH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834יָזְמוּyazemuthey will planH2161לַעֲשׂוֹת׃la'asotto doH6213
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