Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the men that were at the door of the house, they smote with blindness - both small and great, so that they could not find the door.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Holman Bible
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with a blinding light so that they were unable to find the entrance.
International Standard Version
and blinded the men who were at the entrance of the house, from the least important to the greatest, so they were unable to find the doorway.
A Conservative Version
And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
American Standard Version
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Amplified
They struck (punished) the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the young men to the old men, so that they exhausted themselves trying to find the doorway.
Bible in Basic English
But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.
Darby Translation
And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Julia Smith Translation
And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door.
King James 2000
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the men who [were] at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, both small and great, and they were unable to find the entrance.
Modern King James verseion
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
NET Bible
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
New Heart English Bible
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
The Emphasized Bible
the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Webster
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
World English Bible
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the men who are at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To lot, in sodom
Blindness » Physical, inflicted
Blindness » Miraculously inflicted upon the sodomites
Sexual activities » The reward for sexual sins
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Interlinear
Nakah
Pethach
Qatan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rescue Of Lot From Sodom
10 the men put forth their hands and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the door. 11 And the men that were at the door of the house, they smote with blindness - both small and great, so that they could not find the door. 12 And the men said moreover unto Lot, "If thou have yet here any son-in-law or sons or daughters or whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring it out of this place:
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18
And when the soldiers came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD and said, "Smite this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the desire of Elisha."
Acts 13:11
And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind and not see the sun for a season." And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; And he went about, seeking them that should lead him by the hand.
Deuteronomy 28:28-29
And the LORD shall smite thee with madness, blindness and dazing of heart.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish is grievous unto them, while they know not how to go in to the city.
Isaiah 57:10
Thou hast had trouble for the multitude of thine own ways, yet saidest thou never, "I will leave off." Thou thinkest to have life of thyself, and therefore thou believest not that thou art sick.
Jeremiah 2:36
O how evil will it be for thee to abide it, when it shall be known how oft thou hast gone backward? For thou shalt be confounded as well of Egypt, as thou wast of the Assyrians.