You cannot choose what Scala runtime is the SBT built against, you need to use the version compatible with the SBT you have. The only choice you have is which SBT version you use. See also How to change Scala version for build definition?
Sbt 1.x.x requires you to use Java 8 and Scala 2.12 - see SBT 1.0.0
sbt 1.0 uses Scala 2.12 for build definitions and plugins. This also requires JDK 8.
Previous 0.13 versions used Scala 2.10, see 0.13.1 notes:
The Scala version for sbt and sbt plugins is now 2.10.3.
There is no version using 2.11.x