Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
for we are about to destroy this place, because
King James Version
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Holman Bible
for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
International Standard Version
because we're going to destroy it. Their outcry has come to the attention of the LORD, so he sent us here to destroy it!"
A Conservative Version
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has been great before LORD. And LORD has sent us to destroy it.
American Standard Version
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
Amplified
for we are destroying this place, because the outcry [for judgment] against them has grown so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy and ruin it.”
Bible in Basic English
For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.
Darby Translation
For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Julia Smith Translation
For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it.
King James 2000
For we will destroy this place, because the cry against them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For we are [about to] destroy this place, because their cry has become great before Yahweh. Yahweh sent us to destroy it."
Modern King James verseion
For we will destroy this place because great is the cry of them before the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for we must destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before the LORD. Wherefore he hath sent us to destroy it."
NET Bible
because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it."
New Heart English Bible
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it."
The Emphasized Bible
For we are about to destroy this place, - for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Webster
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
World English Bible
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."
Youngs Literal Translation
for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To lot, in sodom
death » As a judgment » Sodomites
Holy spirit » Instances of » People of sodom
Sexual activities » The reward for sexual sins
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed
12
Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place.
13 for we are about to destroy this place, because
Names
Cross References
Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psalm 11:5-6
The LORDtests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Isaiah 36:10
Moreover, is it without the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.'"
Isaiah 37:36
And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Ezekiel 9:5-6
And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and strike. Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
Matthew 13:49-50
So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
Romans 3:8-9
And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Jude 1:7
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 16:1-12
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."