Genesis 18:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”
Genesis 18:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 18:26 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 18:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.””
Genesis 18:26 — World English Bible
Genesis 18:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. ”
Genesis 18:26 — American Standard Version
Genesis 18:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'”
Genesis 18:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 18:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes. ”
Genesis 18:26 — Darby Translation
Genesis 18:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Lord answered, If I shall finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the citie, then will I spare all the place for their sakes.”
Genesis 18:26 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 18:26 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive all the place for their sake.””
Genesis 18:26 — The Living Sword
Genesis 18:26 in Context — Genesis 18
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
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What Does Genesis 18:26 Mean?
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