Parallel Verses

Amplified

I will go down now, and see whether they have acted [as vilely and wickedly] as the outcry which has come to Me [indicates]; and if not, I will know.”

New American Standard Bible

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.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to Me. If not, I will find out.”

International Standard Version

I'm going down to see whether they've acted according to the protests that have reached me. If not, I wish to know."

A Conservative Version

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which comes to me. And if not, I will know.

American Standard Version

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.

Bible in Basic English

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

Darby Translation

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.

Julia Smith Translation

I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know.

King James 2000

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry, which has come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will go down and I will see. Have they done altogether according to its cry of distress [which] has come to me? If not, I will know."

Modern King James verseion

I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to Me. And if not, I will know.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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."

NET Bible

that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."

New Heart English Bible

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

The Emphasized Bible

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!

Webster

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.

World English Bible

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

Youngs Literal Translation

I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will go down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

now, and see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

according to the cry
צעקה 
Tsa`aqah 
Usage: 21

of it, which is come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

Easton

Morish

Context Readings

Abraham's Bargain With God

20 And the Lord said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have acted [as vilely and wickedly] as the outcry which has come to Me [indicates]; and if not, I will know.” 22 Now the [two] men (angelic beings) turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.



Cross References

Genesis 11:5

Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Exodus 3:8

So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 33:5

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people! If I should come among you for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, [penitently] take off your ornaments, so that I may know what to do with you.’”

Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Joshua 22:22

“The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and may Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the Lord, do not save us this day!

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 13:3

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and all your soul [your entire being].

Job 34:22


“There is no darkness nor deep shadow
Where the evildoers may hide themselves.

Psalm 90:8


You have placed our wickedness before you,
Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

Psalm 139:1-24

O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus;
With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart
And on the horns of their altars.

Jeremiah 17:10


“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

Micah 1:3


For behold, the Lord is coming down from His place
He shall come down and tread [in judgment] on the high places of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:12


“It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps
And I will punish the men
Who [like old wine] are stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.’

Luke 16:15

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

2 Corinthians 11:11

Why? Because I do not love you [or wish you well, or have regard for your welfare]? God knows [that I do]!

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Hebrews 4:13

And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.

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