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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי-ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
bl` Adny plg lSHvnm ky-rAyty KHms vryb b`yr

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
secretiora mea numerasti pone lacrimam meam in conspectu tuo sed non in narratione tua

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Destroy, O Lord, and confuse their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
New King James Version   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
21st Century King James Version   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Lord Jehovah, drown the conversation of their tongues, for I have seen fighting and judgment in the city.
Darby Bible Translation   
Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
God's Word   
Completely confuse their language, O Lord, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
International Standard Version   
Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.
NET Bible   
Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.
New American Standard Bible   
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
New International Version   
Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
New Living Translation   
Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
The World English Bible   
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
EasyEnglish Bible   
My Lord, make my enemies confused! Stop them from doing what they want to do. Everywhere that I look in the city, I see that they do cruel things to attack people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
New Life Version   
Mix them up, O Lord. Divide their tongues. For I have seen fighting and trouble in the city.
The Voice Bible   
Throw them off, O Lord. Confuse their speech, and frustrate their plans, for violence and contention are building within the city. I can see it with my own eyes.
Living Bible   
O Lord, make these enemies begin to quarrel among themselves—destroy them with their own violence and strife.
New Catholic Bible   
I would hurry to a place of refuge, far from the savage wind and tempest.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Christian Standard Bible   
Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Destroy [their schemes], O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
New Century Version   
Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.
The Message   
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I’m appalled how they’ve split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Swallow them up, O Lord. Confuse their speech, for I see violence and contention in the city.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Good News Translation®   
Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord! I see violence and riots in the city,
Wycliffe Bible   
Lord, cast thou down, [and] part thou the tongues of them; for I saw wickedness and against-saying in the city.
Contemporary English Version   
Confuse my enemies, Lord! Upset their plans. Cruelty and violence are all I see in the city,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Baffle them, my Lord! Confuse their language because I see violence and conflict in the city.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes], For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“I would soon find a shelter from the raging wind and storm.”
New American Standard Bible   
Confuse them, Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
The Expanded Bible   
Lord, ·destroy [or frustrate; or check; or confuse; L swallow] and ·confuse [confound; L divide] their ·words [speech; or plans; L tongues; Gen. 11:1–9], because I see violence and ·fighting [strife; contention; accusation] in the city.
Tree of Life Version   
I would hurry to my shelter from the rushing wind of the storm.”
Revised Standard Version   
Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
New International Reader's Version   
Lord, confuse the sinners and keep them from understanding one another. I see people destroying things and fighting in the city.
BRG Bible   
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Complete Jewish Bible   
I would quickly find me a shelter from the raging wind and storm.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Destroy, Adonoi, and confuse their leshon; for I see chamas (violence) and riv (strife) in the Ir (city, i.e., Jerusalem).
Names of God Bible   
Completely confuse their language, O Adonay, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
Modern English Version   
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Easy-to-Read Version   
My Lord, confuse their words and stop their plans. I see so much cruelty and fighting in this city.
International Children’s Bible   
Lord, destroy and confuse their words. I see violence and fighting in the city.
Lexham English Bible   
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
New International Version - UK   
Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.