Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens.

New American Standard Bible

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

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,

A Conservative Version

Then LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from LORD out of heaven.

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 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;

Interlinear

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

Usage: 0

מטר 
Matar 
Usage: 17

סדם 
C@dom 
Usage: 39

עמרה 
`Amorah 
Usage: 19

גּפרית 
Gophriyth 
Usage: 7

and fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

from the Lord

Usage: 0

Context Readings

Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed

23 The sun had risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens. 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

the whole land shall be burned with brimstone, and salt; it shall not be sown; nor shall it sprout; nor shall there be any grass in it. It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath,

Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the majestic beauty of the Chaldees, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says Jehovah, no man shall live there; nor shall any son of man live in it.

2 Peter 2:6

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, He condemned them with an overthrow, setting an example to men intending to live ungodly.

Jude 1:7

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, committing fornication, and going away after other flesh, laid down an example before-times, undergoing vengeance of everlasting fire.

Isaiah 1:9

Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 20:16

And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

Lamentations 4:6

And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is heaped more than the sin of Sodom, overthrown as in a moment, and no hands spun on her.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom; pride. Fullness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters. Nor did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Amos 4:11

I have overthrown some among you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked out of the burning; yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as I live, says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah; a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a ruin forever. The remnant of My people shall plunder them, and the remnant of My people shall possess them.

Job 18:15

What is not his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be scattered on his home.

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

Jeremiah 49:18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor, says Jehovah, no man shall remain there, nor shall a son of man live in it.

Hosea 11:8

How shall I give you up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you like Admah? How shall I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassions are kindled together.

Matthew 11:23-24

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to the heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Luke 17:28-29

So also as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

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