Genesis 18:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵֽרֲדָה־נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה הַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּ הַבָּ֥אָה אֵלַ֖י עָשׂ֣וּ ׀ כָּלָ֑ה וְאִם־לֹ֖א אֵדָֽעָה׃

Transliteration

ʾērăḏâ-nāʾ and-ʾerʾeh the-like-ṣaʿăqāṯāh the-bāʾâ to-me ʿāśû kālâ and-if-not ʾēḏāʿâ.

Grammar Details

• *ʾērăḏâ*: qal cohortative, 1st person singular - let me go down
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *ʾerʾeh*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me see
• *ṣaʿăqāṯāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its outcry
• *bāʾâ*: qal participle, feminine singular - coming
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have done
• *kālâ*: noun, feminine singular - completion/destruction
• *ʾēḏāʿâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me know

Word Meanings

• *ṣaʿăqāṯāh*: its outcry/complaint
• *kālâ*: completion/destruction/annihilation/altogether

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will go down now, and see whether they have done altother according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will go down{H3381} now, and see{H7200} whether they have done{H6213} altogether{H3617} according to the cry{H6818} of it, which is come{H935} unto me; and if not, I will know.{H3045}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will go down{H3381}{(H8799)} now, and see{H7200}{(H8799)} whether they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} altogether{H3617} according to the cry{H6818} of it, which is come{H935}{(H8802)} unto me; and if not, I will know{H3045}{(H8799)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not that I may knowe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  therfore will I go downe & se, whether they haue done all together, acordinge to that crye, which is come before me, or not, that I maye knowe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will goe downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me: and if not, that I may knowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll go downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether accordyng to that crye whiche is come vnto me: and yf not, I wyll knowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 11:5 : 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'
• Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you for even a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do with you.’
• Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.
• Josh 22:22 : 22 The Mighty One, God, the LORD—the Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows, and let Israel also know! If it was in rebellion or treachery against the LORD, do not spare us today.
• Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.
• Ps 90:8 : 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• Ps 139:1-9 : 1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. LORD, You have searched me and You know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue, You, LORD, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and You lay Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,' 12 even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You. 13 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with You. 19 If only You, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20 They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD, and detest those who rise up against You? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them as my enemies. 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen, engraved with a diamond point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Mic 1:3 : 3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 At that time, I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who settle like wine on its dregs, and say to themselves, 'The Lord will do neither good nor harm.'
• Luke 16:15 : 15 Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."
• John 6:38 : 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'
• 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Deut 13:3 : 3 and the sign or wonder he spoke to you about comes true, saying, 'Let us follow other gods, whom you have not known, and let us worship them,'