Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
New American Standard Bible
So the Lord said, “
King James Version
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Holman Bible
The Lord said, “If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
International Standard Version
The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake."
A Conservative Version
And LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous men within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
Amplified
So the Lord said, “If I find within the city of Sodom fifty righteous [people], then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes.
King James 2000
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh said, "If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, in the midst of the city, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare all the place for their sakes."
NET Bible
So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then will I spare all the place for their sake.
Webster
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
World English Bible
Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'
Themes
Abraham » Called the father of the faithful, characteristics of » Mighty in prayer
Abraham » His questions about the destruction of the righteous and wicked in sodom
Boldness » Instances of, in prayer » Abraham
holy Boldness » Exemplified » Abraham
Christ » Devotions of » Select readings
Christ » Power of » Prayers of
Church » For other leaders » Prayer for
Condescension of God » Indulges abraham's intercession for sodom
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Family » Parental prayers » Prayer
Forgiveness » Examples of divine
intercession » Additional instances of » Abraham » In behalf of sodom
Prayer » Answered » Abraham entreating » For sodom
Prayer » Exemplified by abraham in his inquiry concerning sodom
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Abraham
Presumption » Instances of » Abraham, in questioning about sodom
Privileges of saints » Interceding for others
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Abraham
Secret prayer » Examples of secret prayer » Private devotions of Christ
Sodom » Abraham's intercession for
United prayer » Select readings
Interlinear
Tavek
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 18:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham Intercedes For Sodom
25 Far be it from You to act in this manner, to kill the righteous with the wicked. And far be it from You, that the righteous should be as the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to Jehovah, who am but dust and ashes.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon her.
Isaiah 65:8
So says Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it; so I will do to My servants, that I may not destroy them all.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them who should wall up a wall for the land, and stand in the break before me, that I should not destroy it. But I did not find one.
Isaiah 6:13
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return and be consumed like the terebinth and like the oak being felled, yet has its stump; the holy seed is its stump.
Isaiah 10:22
For though Your people Israel are like the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the full end which is decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Isaiah 19:24
In that day Israel shall be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the land;
Matthew 24:22
And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened.