And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the flying creatures of the heavens, and over the beasts, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that moves on the earth.

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, that he not put forth his hand and take also of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever;

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then I said, Here am I! Send me.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot bring about their success;

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is precipitated.

He removes the lips of the trusted ones, and takes away the discretion of the elders.

He who sits in the Heavens shall laugh; Jehovah shall have them in derision.

Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He restrains and frustrates the devices of the people.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own dialect.

And how is it that we hear, each in our own dialect in which we were born?

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

From these the regions of the nations were separated into their lands, everyone according to their tongue, according to their families, into their nations.

These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands and in their nations.

These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

Jehovah will bring a nation against you from afar, from the ends of the earth, as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Swallow up, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Lo, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel, says Jehovah. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor understand what they say.

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.

He who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching?

For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

There are, it may be, so many ethnic languages in the world, and none of them is without its own speech.