5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. …
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)We have here the quashing of the project of the Babel-builders, and the turning of the counsel of those froward men headlong, that God’s counsel might stand in spite of them. Here is, I. The cognizance God took of the design that was on foot: The Lord came down to see the city , Gen. 11:5. It is an expression after the manner of men; he knew it as clearly and fully as men know that which they come…
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