Genesis 11:5

NETBible

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people 1  had started 2  building.

NIV ©

But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

NASB ©

The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

NLT ©

But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.

MSG ©

GOD came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.

BBE ©

And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

NRSV ©

The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.

NKJV ©

But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

KJV
And the LORD
<03068>
came down
<03381> (8799)
to see
<07200> (8800)
the city
<05892>
and the tower
<04026>_,
which the children
<01121>
of men
<0120>
builded
<01129> (8804)_.
NASB ©
The LORD
<3068>
came
<3381>
down
<3381>
to see
<7200>
the city
<5892>
and the tower
<4026>
which
<834>
the sons
<1121>
of men
<120>
had built
<1129>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
katebh
<2597> 
V-AAI-3S
kuriov
<2962> 
N-NSM
idein
<3708> 
V-AAN
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
polin
<4172> 
N-ASF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
purgon
<4444> 
N-ASM
on
<3739> 
R-ASM
wkodomhsan
<3618> 
V-AAI-3P
oi
<3588> 
T-NPM
uioi
<5207> 
N-NPM
twn
<3588> 
T-GPM
anyrwpwn
<444> 
N-GPM
NET [draft] ITL
But the Lord
<03068>
came down
<03381>
to see
<07200>
the city
<05892>
and the tower
<04026>
that
<0834>
the people
<0120>

<01121>
had started building
<01129>
.
HEBREW
Mdah
<0120>
ynb
<01121>
wnb
<01129>
rsa
<0834>
ldgmh
<04026>
taw
<0853>
ryeh
<05892>
ta
<0853>
tarl
<07200>
hwhy
<03068>
dryw (11:5)
<03381>
NETBible

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people 1  had started 2  building.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the sons of man.” The phrase is intended in this polemic to portray the builders as mere mortals, not the lesser deities that the Babylonians claimed built the city.

2 tn The Hebrew text simply has בָּנוּ (banu), but since v. 8 says they left off building the city, an ingressive idea (“had started building”) should be understood here.