Genesis 19:17
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!"
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
When they had brought them out they sayde: Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whe they had brought him out, they sayde: Saue thy soule, and loke not behynde the, nether stonde thou in all this countre: Saue thy self vpon the mountayne, that thou perish not.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne countrey Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Webster's Bible (1833)
It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'
American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
World English Bible (2000)
It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 19:26 : 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Matt 24:16-18 : 16 'then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.' 17 'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.' 18 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.
- Luke 9:62 : 62 Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'
- Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Luke 17:31-32 : 31 On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything. 32 Remember Lot's wife!
- Gen 19:22 : 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
- Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Gen 19:14-15 : 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But to his sons-in-law, he seemed to be joking. 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."
- Gen 13:10 : 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.
- 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.'
- 1 Kgs 19:3 : 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there.
- Ps 121:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from?
- Jer 48:6 : 6 Flee! Save your lives like a juniper in the wilderness.
- Gen 18:22 : 22 The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
- Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first declared by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 19:5-1612 verses84%
5They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have relations with them."
6Lot went outside to meet them, closing the door behind him.
7He said, "No, my brothers. Please, don’t do this wicked thing.
8Look, 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."
9They replied, "Get out of the way! This man came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to act as a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them." They pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot back into the house with them, and shut the door.
11Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway.
12The 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,
13because 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."
14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But to his sons-in-law, he seemed to be joking.
15With 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."
16When 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.
- Gen 19:18-269 verses83%
18But 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.
20Look, 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."
21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
22But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
23By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
24Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
25Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Gen 19:28-303 verses82%
28He 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.
29So 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.
30Lot left Zoar and went up into the mountains with his two daughters because he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.
- Luke 17:28-292 verses78%
28It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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32Remember Lot's wife!
- Gen 13:9-124 verses76%
9Is 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."
10Lot 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.
11So Lot chose for himself the entire plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus, they separated from each other.
12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
- Gen 19:1-22 verses74%
1The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
2He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square."
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14The LORD said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look to the north, south, east, and west.
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10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but the rest fled to the hills.
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12They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, along with his possessions, since he lived in Sodom, and they departed.
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22The men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
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16When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off.
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16She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way."
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7and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless,
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23All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'