But the LORD 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 birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" --

Also 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 carry out their plans.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The LORD shall hold them in derision.

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

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

And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.

"And how [is it that] we hear, each in our own language 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 coastland [peoples] of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

These [were] the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, 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.

"The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the LORD. "It [is] a mighty nation, It [is] an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you 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 edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with 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 makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them [is] without significance.