Genesis 11:3
Genesis 11:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis 11:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Genesis 11:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 They said to each other, “Let’s make bricks and bake them to make them hard.” So they used bricks instead of stones, and tar instead of mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 They said to one another, “Let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used bricks as stones and taras mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 And they said to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone and they had tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 They said to each other, “Come. Let’s make bricks and bake them well.” They used bricks instead of stones. They used tar to hold the bricks together.
Genesis 11:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.