Genesis 18:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 18:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 18:28 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 18:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.””
Genesis 18:28 — World English Bible
Genesis 18:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. ”
Genesis 18:28 — American Standard Version
Genesis 18:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous--dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy <FI>it<Fi> not, if I find there forty and five.'”
Genesis 18:28 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 18:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy [it]. ”
Genesis 18:28 — Darby Translation
Genesis 18:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie righteous, wilt thou destroy all the citie for fiue? And he saide, If I finde there fiue and fourtie, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 18:28 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“Perhaps the fifty righteous shall lack five, will you destroy all the city for the lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy if I find there forty-five.””
Genesis 18:28 — The Living Sword
Genesis 18:28 in Context — Genesis 18
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.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
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What Does Genesis 18:28 Mean?
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