Genesis 18:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he said to him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty should be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And he sayde: O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake. What yf there be foude.xxx. there? And he sayde: I will not do it yf I finde.xxx. there.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Abraham sayde: Oh let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet more. Peradueture there might be thirtie founde therin. And he sayde: Yf I fynde thirtie therin, I will do nothinge vnto them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Againe he said, Let not my Lord nowe be angry, that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he saide, I will not doe it, if I finde thirtie there.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He sayde vnto hym agayne: O let not my lord be angry that I speake: What yf there shall thirtie be founde there? And he sayde: I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, if I find there thirty.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Abraham said,“May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied,“I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 44:18 : 18 Then Judah stepped forward and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh."
  • Judg 6:39 : 39 Then Gideon said to God, 'Please do not be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Allow me to test just once more with the fleece. Let the fleece remain dry, while dew covers the ground around it.'
  • Esth 4:11-16 : 11 ‘All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for anyone—man or woman—who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, there is one law: they are to be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing them to live. But I have not been summoned to come to the king for thirty days.’ 12 When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said, 13 he sent back this reply to her: ‘Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.’ 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this. 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
  • Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear.
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

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