Parallel Verses
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,
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,
American Standard Version
And Jehovah 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,
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 become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him. 20 So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great, - And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous, 21 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!
Cross References
Genesis 19:13
For we are about to destroy this place, - for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Isaiah 3:9
The show of their face, hath answered against them, And their sin - like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For they have requited to themselves, calamity.
James 5:4
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields - that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
Genesis 13:13
Now, the men of Sodom were base and sinful, - against Yahweh, exceedingly.
Isaiah 5:7
Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.
Jeremiah 14:7
Though, our iniquities, have testified against us, O Yahweh, effectually work thou for the sake of thy Name, - For our apostasies have abounded Against thee, have we sinned.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Lo! this became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, - Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security came to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.