Genesis 18:21

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.

📖 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

• 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.'

• 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.

• 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 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into your midst in a moment and consume you: therefore now take off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'
• Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
• Josh 22:22 : 22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, He knows, and Israel shall know; if it is in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (do not save us this day)
• Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
• Ps 90:8 : 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
• Ps 139:1-9 : 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. 13 For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed; and in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. 17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You. 19 Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. 20 For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Mic 1:3 : 3 For behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency: that say in their heart, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will He do evil.'
• Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• John 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
• 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
• Deut 13:3 : 3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God tests you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.