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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויהי בנסעם מקדם וימצאו בקעה בארץ שנער וישבו שם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyhy bns`m mqdm vymTSAv bq`h bArTS SHn`r vySHbv SHm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
cumque proficiscerentur de oriente invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar et habitaverunt in eo

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
New King James Version   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
21st Century King James Version   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Darby Bible Translation   
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
God's Word   
As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
International Standard Version   
As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.
NET Bible   
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New American Standard Bible   
It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New International Version   
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
New Living Translation   
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
The World English Bible   
It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
EasyEnglish Bible   
People moved to the east. They reached a large flat piece of land called Shinar. They stayed there to live.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;
New Life Version   
And as men traveled in the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and made their home there.
The Voice Bible   
As many of these people began moving from the eastern regions into the western part of Mesopotamia, they settled down on a plain in the land of Shinar.
Living Bible   
As the population grew and spread eastward, a plain was discovered in the land of Babylon and was soon thickly populated.
New Catholic Bible   
Migrating from the east, men came upon a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Christian Standard Bible   
As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there.
New Century Version   
As people moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
The Message   
At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
As people traveled in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Good News Translation®   
As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.
Wycliffe Bible   
And when they went forth from the east, they found a field in the land of Shinar, and they dwelled therein.
Contemporary English Version   
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Common English Bible © 2011   
When they traveled east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When they were migrating from the east, they came to a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New American Standard Bible   
And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
The Expanded Bible   
As people ·moved [migrated] ·from the east [or eastward; 2:8; 4:16], they found a plain in the land of ·Babylonia [L Shinar] and settled there.
Tree of Life Version   
When they traveled eastward, they found a valley-plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Revised Standard Version   
And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New International Reader's Version   
They moved to the east and found a broad valley in Babylon. There they made their home.
BRG Bible   
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Complete Jewish Bible   
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Names of God Bible   
As people moved toward the east, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.
Modern English Version   
As the people journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.
International Children’s Bible   
As people moved from the East, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia. They settled there to live.
Lexham English Bible   
And as people migrated from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
New International Version - UK   
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.