1 Ora, em toda a terra havia apenas uma linguagem e uma só maneira de falar. 9 Chamou-se-lhe, por isso, o nome de Babel, porque ali confundiu o Senhor a linguagem de toda a terra e dali o Senhor os dispersou por toda a superfície dela.

1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. 9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

9 That is why it was called Babel "—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.