Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
New American Standard Bible
And the Lord said, “
King James Version
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Holman Bible
Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
International Standard Version
The LORD also said, "How great is the disapproval of Sodom and Gomorrah! Their sin is so very serious!
A Conservative Version
And LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Amplified
And the Lord said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy,
King James 2000
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh said, "Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah [is] great and because their sin [is] very {serious},
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD said, "The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceeding grievous.
NET Bible
So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
The Emphasized Bible
So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great, - And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,
Webster
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
World English Bible
Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:
Interlinear
Chatta'ah
M@`od
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham's Bargain With God
19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 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.
Cross References
Genesis 19:13
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Isaiah 3:9
The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
Jeremiah 14:7
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.