Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
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.
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 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 what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him." 20 So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant 21 that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."
Cross References
Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it."
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
James 5:4
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Genesis 13:13
(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)
Isaiah 5:7
Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!
Jeremiah 14:7
Then I said, "O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.