Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

So the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account.”

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 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.

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."

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.'

Interlinear

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

Usage: 0

If I find
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

in Sodom
סדם 
C@dom 
Usage: 39

חמשּׁים 
Chamishshiym 
Usage: 163

צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

then I will spare
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

all the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Abraham Intercedes For Sodom

25 Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?" 26 So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake." 27 Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes),

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.

Isaiah 65:8

This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.

Ezekiel 22:30

"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."

Isaiah 10:22

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

Isaiah 19:24

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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