Genesis 18:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} If I find{H4672} in Sodom{H5467} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city,{H5892} then I will spare{H5375} all the place{H4725} for their sake.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, If I find{H4672}{(H8799)} in Sodom{H5467} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city{H5892}, then I will spare{H5375}{(H8804)} all the place{H4725} for their sakes.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the LORde sayde: Yf I fynde in Sodome.l. rightwes within the cyte I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the LORDE sayde: Yf I fynde fiftie righteous at Sodome in the cite, I wil spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Lord answered, If I shall finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the citie, then will I spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
  • Isa 65:8 : 8 This is what the LORD says: 'As new wine is found in a cluster and someone says, "Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it," in the same way, I will act for the sake of my servants and not destroy them all.'
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet a tenth will remain in the land, and it will once again be ravaged. Like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled, the holy seed is its stump.
  • Isa 10:22 : 22 Even though your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
  • Isa 19:24 : 24 In that day, Israel will join a threefold alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 18:20-25
    6 verses
    90%

    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?'

    24 '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?'

    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?'

  • Gen 18:27-32
    6 verses
    89%

    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 18:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    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?'

  • Gen 19:17-22
    6 verses
    75%

    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.

    22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

  • Gen 19:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    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 13:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

    13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.

  • Gen 19:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 18:3
    70%

    3 He said, 'My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass by Your servant.'

  • Luke 17:29
    70%

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

  • Matt 11:24
    70%

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

  • Jer 50:40
    70%

    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.

  • Matt 10:15
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 19:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

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

    8 Look, I have two daughters who have never been with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever seems good to you. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."

  • Gen 19:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

    13 because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

  • Ezek 18:5
    69%

    5 If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

  • 2 Pet 2:6
    69%

    6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

  • Gen 13:10
    69%

    10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.

  • Ezek 22:30
    69%

    30 I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

  • Jer 49:18
    68%

    18 As with the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, says the LORD, no one will live there; no human being will stay in it.

  • Gen 19:4
    68%

    4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.