Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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;'
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
I will go down
International Standard Version
I'm going down to see whether they've acted according to the protests that have reached me. If not, I wish to know."
A Conservative Version
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which comes to me. And if not, I will know.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
I will go down now, and see whether they have acted [as vilely and wickedly] as the outcry which has come to Me [indicates]; and if not, I will know.”
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.
Julia Smith Translation
I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know.
King James 2000
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will go down and I will see. Have they done altogether according to its cry of distress [which] has come to me? If not, I will know."
Modern King James verseion
I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to Me. And if not, I will know.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to that cry which is come unto me or not, that I may know."
NET Bible
that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."
New Heart English Bible
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."
The Emphasized Bible
Let me go down, pray, and let me behold, whether according to their outcry which hath come in unto me, they have done altogether, And if not. I must know!
Webster
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
World English Bible
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."
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:21
Prayers for Genesis 18:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham's Bargain With God
20 And Jehovah saith, 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous: 21 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;' 22 and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah.
Cross References
Genesis 11:5
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
Exodus 3:8
and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey -- unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 33:5
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people; one moment -- I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'
Genesis 11:7
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
Joshua 22:22
The God of gods -- Jehovah, the God of gods -- Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!)
Deuteronomy 8:2
and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3
thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;
Job 34:22
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
Psalm 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Psalm 139:1-24
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,
Jeremiah 17:10
I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Micah 1:3
For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.
Luke 16:15
and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;
John 6:38
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
2 Corinthians 11:11
wherefore? because I do not love you? God hath known!
1 Thessalonians 4:16
because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,
Hebrews 4:13
and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.