King James Version (KJV)
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves."
Modern English
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
הָבָהhavahcome, let us
נִבְנֶהnivnehlet us build
עִיר'ira city
וּמִגְדָּלumigdaland a tower
וְרֹאשׁוֹvero'shoand its top
בַשָּׁמַיִםbashamayimin the heavens
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