Parallel Verses

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 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 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,

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 just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. 25 So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:23

The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.

Isaiah 13:19

Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

Jeremiah 50:40

I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it," says the Lord.

2 Peter 2:6

and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

Jude 1:7

So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.

Lamentations 4:6

(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

"'See here -- this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

Amos 4:11

"I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as surely as I live," says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land."

Job 18:15

Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

Psalm 11:6

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

Jeremiah 49:18

Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it," says the Lord.

Hosea 11:8

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!

Matthew 11:23-24

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Luke 17:28-29

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

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