Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the LORD said, "The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceeding grievous.

New American Standard Bible

And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

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,

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

Because the cry
זעקה זעק 
Za`aq 
Usage: 18

of Sodom
סדם 
C@dom 
Usage: 39

and Gomorrah
עמרה 
`Amorah 
Usage: 19

is great
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

חטּאת חטּאה 
Chatta'ah 
Usage: 294

References

Context Readings

Abraham's Bargain With God

19 For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do after right and conscience, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that he hath promised him." 20 And the LORD said, "The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is exceeding grievous. 21 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."

Cross References

Genesis 19:13

for we must destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before the LORD. Wherefore he hath sent us to destroy it."

Genesis 4:10

And he said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood cryeth unto me out of the earth.

Isaiah 3:9

The changing of their countenance betrayeth them; yea, they declare their own sins themselves, as Sodom, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinned exceedingly against the LORD.

Isaiah 5:7

As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.

Jeremiah 14:7

"Doubtless our own wickedness reward us: But LORD do thou according to thy name, though our transgressions and sins be many.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

Behold, the sins of thy sister Sodom, were these: Pride, fullness of meat, abundance and Idleness: these things had she and her daughters. Besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy,

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