Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Hasten thee, escape there, for I cannot do anything till thou have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
New American Standard Bible
Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called
King James Version
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Holman Bible
Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.
International Standard Version
Hurry up and flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get to that town." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.
American Standard Version
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Amplified
Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there.” For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).
Bible in Basic English
Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.
Darby Translation
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
Julia Smith Translation
Hasten, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do the word till thy coming there: for this the name of the city was called Zoar.
King James 2000
Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Escape there quickly, for I cannot do [this] thing until you get there." Therefore, there name of the city was called Zoar.
Modern King James verseion
Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Haste thee, and save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither." And therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
NET Bible
Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
New Heart English Bible
Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
The Emphasized Bible
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.
Webster
Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
World English Bible
Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Youngs Literal Translation
haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.
Themes
Haste » Redeeming the time » In making escape
Lot » The son of haran » Disobediently protests against going to the mountains, and chooses zoar
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Interlinear
Mahar
Malat
Yakol
Shem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed
21 And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou have spoken. 22 Hasten thee, escape there, for I cannot do anything till thou have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 14:2
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou go to Zoar.
Genesis 32:25-28
And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.
Exodus 32:10
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may grow hot against them, and that I may consume them. And I will make of thee a great nation.
Deuteronomy 9:14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Psalm 91:1-10
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab. Her nobles [flee] to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah. For they go up with weeping by the ascent of Luhith. For they raise up a cry of destruction in the way of Horonaim.
Isaiah 65:8
Thus says LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [a man] says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
Jeremiah 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
Mark 6:5
And he could do no mighty work there, none, except having laid his hands upon a few feeble men he healed them.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are unfaithful, that man remains faithful. He cannot renounce himself.
Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which the non-lying God promised before times eternal,