Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
I will
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
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.
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.”
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;'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:21
Prayers for Genesis 18:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham's Bargain With God
20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil, 21 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. 22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Exodus 3:8
And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Exodus 33:5
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.
Genesis 11:7
Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Joshua 22:22
God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,
Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3
Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.
Job 34:22
There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
Psalm 139:1-24
O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:
Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
Micah 1:3
For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.
Luke 16:15
And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.