Genesis 18:21 Parallel Translations
NASB: "I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I must go down and see whether these complaints are true. If not, I will know it."(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
ASV: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
BBE: I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.
DBY: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.
ERV: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
JPS: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.'
WBS: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
WEB: I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."
YLT: I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;'
Genesis 18:21 Cross References
XREF:Genesis 11:5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

Exodus 3:8 "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Psalm 14:2 The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 18:21 I will {k} go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the {l} cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
(k) God speaks after the fashion of men: that is, I will enter into judgment with good advise.
(l) For our sins cry for vengeance, though no one accuses us.
WES: 18:21 I will go down now and see - Not as if there were any thing concerning which God is in doubt; but he is pleased thus to express himself after the manner of men.
MHC: 18:16-22 The two who are supposed to have been created angels went toward Sodom. The one who is called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, and would not hide from him the thing he intended to do. Though God long forbears with sinners, from which they fancy that the Lord does not see, and does not regard; yet when the day of his wrath comes, he will look toward them. The Lord will give Abraham an opportunity to intercede with him, and shows him the reason of his conduct. Consider, as a very bright part of Abraham's character and example, that he not only prayed with his family, but he was very careful to teach and rule them well. Those who expect family blessings must make conscience of family duty. Abraham did not fill their heads with matters of doubtful dispute; but he taught them to be serious and devout in the worship of God, and to be honest in their dealings with all men. Of how few may such a character be given in our days! How little care is taken by masters of families to ground those under them in the principles of religion! Do we watch from sabbath to sabbath whether they go forward or backward?
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