^11:6And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language¹⁶ they have begun to do this, then¹⁷ nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.¹⁸

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Footnotes

16 Heb “and one lip to all of them.”
17 Heb “and now.” The foundational clause beginning with הֵן (hen) expresses the condition, and the second clause the result. It could be rendered “If this … then now.”
18 Heb “all that they purpose to do will not be withheld from them.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people with one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. So now nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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