Genesis 18:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are within it?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Peradventure there are{H3426} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city:{H5892} wilt thou consume{H5595} and not spare{H5375} the place{H4725} for{H4616} the fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} that are therein?{H7130}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Peradventure there be{H3426} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city{H5892}: wilt thou also destroy{H5595}{(H8799)} and not spare{H5375}{(H8799)} the place{H4725} for{H4616} the fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} that are therein{H7130}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf there be.l. rightwes within the cyte wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of.l. rightwes that are therin?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Peradueture there maye be fiftie righteous within ye cite: wilt thou destroye those, and not spare the place, for fiftie righteous sake that are therin?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If there be fiftie ryghteous within the citie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of fiftie ryghteous that are therein?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who `are' in its midst?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 For the gate is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few find it.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar. And God has graciously given you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'
  • Gen 18:32 : 32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 18:25-32
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    91%

    25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'

    26 The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.'

    27 Then Abraham answered, 'I have ventured to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.

    28 'Suppose the fifty righteous people lack five. Will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?' He replied, 'If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.'

    29 Once again Abraham spoke to Him, 'What if forty are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of forty, I will not do it.'

    30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.'

    31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.'

    32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'

  • Gen 18:20-23
    4 verses
    89%

    20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave.

    21 '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.'

    22 The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.

    23 Then Abraham approached Him and said, 'Will You sweep away the righteous with the wicked?'

  • Gen 19:15-21
    7 verses
    74%

    15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished."

    16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand, the hands of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

    17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"

    18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please!"

    19 "Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me by sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.

    20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared."

    21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

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    3 verses
    73%

    16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.

    17 Then the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'

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  • Gen 19:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

    29 So it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham and brought Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

  • Gen 19:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 He said, "No, my brothers. Please, don’t do this wicked thing.

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    70%

    4 Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, 'Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it is innocent?'

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  • Gen 19:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

    25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.

  • 2 Pet 2:8
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  • 2 Pet 2:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

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    49 Now if you are willing to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me. If not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right or to the left.

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    24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.

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    9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left."

  • Jer 50:40
    68%

    40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors, declares the LORD, no one will live there, and no human being will dwell in it.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
    68%

    18 And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?

  • Job 40:8
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    8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Gen 18:3
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  • Matt 10:15
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    15 Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

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    29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

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  • Deut 29:23
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