KJV ORIGINAL
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Come, let us go down and mix up their language so they won't be able to understand what each other is saying.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is deciding to scatter the people by creating different languages so they can no longer work together on their tower project.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the Tower of Babel story, where humanity had united to build a great tower reaching toward heaven in defiance of God's command to spread across the earth. The people wanted to make a name for themselves and avoid being scattered. God's response was to confuse their language, which would force them to separate into different groups and spread across the world as He had originally intended.
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