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Genesis 11:5

NETBible	But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people¹ had started² building.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 11:5	But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 11:5	The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 11:5	But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 11:5	GOD came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 11:5	And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 11:5	The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 11:5	But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
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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 © biblegateway Gen 11:5	The LORD <03068> came <03381> down <03381> to see <07200> the city <05892> and the tower <04026> which <0834> the sons <01121> of men <0120> had built <01129> .
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 people¹ had started² building.

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn 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.