Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from LORD out of heaven.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord
King James Version
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Holman Bible
Then out of the sky the Lord rained burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord.
International Standard Version
Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
American Standard Version
Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
Amplified
Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens.
King James 2000
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,
NET Bible
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.
The Emphasized Bible
And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire, - from Yahweh, out of the heavens:
Webster
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
World English Bible
Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;
Themes
Anger of God » Exemplified against » Cities of the plain
Brimstone » Fire and, rained upon sodom
death » As a judgment » Sodomites
Fire » As an instrument of divine judgment
Heaven » God » Sends his judgments from
Holy spirit » Instances of » People of sodom
Judgments » Upon nations--exemplified » Sodom, &c
Lot » Life summarized » Lost property, wife, and reputation
Meteorology » Storms » Allusions to remarkable
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Fire from heaven upon the cities of the plain
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Sodomites » Destroyed by fire as a judgement
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from LORD out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:23
[that] the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which LORD overthrew in his anger, and i
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 50:40
As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, says LORD, so shall no man dwell there, nor shall any son of man sojourn in it.
2 Peter 2:6
and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,
Jude 1:7
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Isaiah 1:9
Unless LORD of hosts had left to us a {seed (LXX/NT)}, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be as the cities which LORD overthrew, and did not relent. And let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,
Lamentations 4:6
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters, and she did not strengthen the hand of a poor and needy man.
Amos 4:11
I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning. Yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall make a
Job 18:15
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Psalm 11:6
He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Jeremiah 49:18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, says LORD, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man sojourn in it.
Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [How] shall I cast thee off, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? [How] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me. My compassions are kindled together.
Matthew 11:23-24
And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.
Luke 17:28-29
And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.