Genesis 18:20
NASB


Parallel Verses

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,

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:

Themes

Condescension of God » Enters into covenant with abraham

Gomorrah » Wickedness of

Sin » Punishment of

Sin » Instances of » The sodomites

national Sins » Exemplified

Sodom » The wickedness of

Sodom » Abraham's intercession for

Topics

Unhappiness

Outcry

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord
H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant
Usage: 0

said
H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .
Usage: 0

Because the cry
H2201
זעקה זעק 
Za`aq 
cry, crying
Usage: 18

of Sodom
H5467
סדם 
C@dom 
Sodom
Usage: 39

and Gomorrah
H6017
עמרה 
`Amorah 
Gomorrah
Usage: 19

is great
H7227
רב 
Rab 
many, great, much, captain, more, long, enough, multitude, mighty, greater, greatly,
Usage: 458

and because their sin
H2403
חטּאת חטּאה 
Chatta'ah 
sin, sin offering, punishment, purification for sin, purifying, sinful, sinner
Usage: 294

is very
H3966
מאד 
M@`od 
very, greatly, sore, exceeding, great, exceedingly, much, exceeding + , exceedingly + , diligently, good, might, mightily,
Usage: 300

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:20

Verse Info

Context Readings

Abraham's Bargain With God

19 For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.” 20 And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. 21 I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”


Other Readings

Lord Said

Sodom and Gomorrah

Gomorrah

Jehovah

Sin

Sodom

Cross References

Genesis 19:13

for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 4:10

He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

James 5:4

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Jeremiah 14:7

“Although our iniquities testify against us,
O Lord, act for Your name’s sake!
Truly our apostasies have been many,
We have sinned against You.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

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