Genesis 19:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Genesis 19:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 19:26 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 19:26 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 19:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Genesis 19:26 — World English Bible
Genesis 19:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. ”
Genesis 19:26 — American Standard Version
Genesis 19:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is--a pillar of salt!”
Genesis 19:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 19:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. ”
Genesis 19:26 — Darby Translation
Genesis 19:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Now his wife behind him looked backe, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Genesis 19:26 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 19:26 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And his wife looked from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Genesis 19:26 — The Living Sword
Genesis 19:26 in Context — Genesis 19
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
What Does Genesis 19:26 Mean?
Genesis 19:26 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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