Genesis 18:24
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?
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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?'
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?
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 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, and we would have been like Gomorrah.
- Jer 5:1 : 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
- Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
- Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
- Gen 18:32 : 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 18:25-328 verses91%
25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
28 Suppose there should lack five of the fifty righteous; will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spoke to him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of forty.
30 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.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but this once; suppose ten should be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
- Gen 18:20-234 verses89%
20 And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous,
21 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.
22 And the men turned their faces from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Gen 19:15-217 verses74%
15 And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
17 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.
18 And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord.
19 Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me and I die.
20 Look now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said to him, See, I have accepted you in this matter also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.
- Gen 18:16-183 verses73%
16 And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing;
18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
- Gen 19:28-292 verses72%
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the upheaval, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
- Gen 19:7-82 verses70%
7 And said, I pray you, brothers, do not do so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; let me, I pray you, bring them to you, and do to them as seems good in your eyes: only do nothing to these men; for they have come under the shadow of my roof.
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4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?
- Gen 19:12-132 verses69%
12 And the men said to Lot, Do you have anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone you have in the city, bring them out of this place.
13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
- Gen 19:24-252 verses69%
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
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8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds.
- 2 Pet 2:5-62 verses68%
5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
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49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."
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11 And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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5 But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,
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24 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.
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9 Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there.
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18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
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3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass away, I pray you, from your servant.
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15 Truly I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
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29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
- 67%
1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
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23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath: