Genesis 18:24 Parallel Translations

What if there are 50 innocent people in the city? Are you really going to sweep them away? Won't you spare that place for the sake of the 50 innocent people who are in it?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

ASV:

Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

BBE:

If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

DBY:

There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

ERV:

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

JPS:

Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

WBS:

Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?

WEB:

What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

YLT:

peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst?

Genesis 18:24 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 18:23 Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:25 "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

18:23-33 Here is the first solemn prayer upon record in the Bible; and it is a prayer for the sparing of Sodom. Abraham prayed earnestly that Sodom might be spared, if but a few righteous persons should be found in it. Come and learn from Abraham what compassion we should feel for sinners, and how earnestly we should pray for them. We see here that the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Abraham, indeed, failed in his request for the whole place, but Lot was miraculously delivered. Be encouraged then to expect, by earnest prayer, the blessing of God upon your families, your friends, your neighbourhood. To this end you must not only pray, but you must live like Abraham. He knew the Judge of all the earth would do right. He does not plead that the wicked may be spared for their own sake, or because it would be severe to destroy them, but for the sake of the righteous who might be found among them. And righteousness only can be made a plea before God. How then did Christ make intercession for transgressors? Not by blaming the Divine law, nor by alleging aught in extenuation or excuse of human guilt; but by pleading HIS OWN obedience unto death.

CONC:

Bear Chance Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Perhaps Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Town Upright Wilt Within

Bear Chance City Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Upright Wilt Within

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