Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and the men who are at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Holman Bible
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with a blinding light so that they were unable to find the entrance.
International Standard Version
and blinded the men who were at the entrance of the house, from the least important to the greatest, so they were unable to find the doorway.
A Conservative Version
And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
American Standard Version
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Amplified
They struck (punished) the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the young men to the old men, so that they exhausted themselves trying to find the doorway.
Bible in Basic English
But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.
Darby Translation
And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Julia Smith Translation
And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door.
King James 2000
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the men who [were] at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, both small and great, and they were unable to find the entrance.
Modern King James verseion
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the men that were at the door of the house, they smote with blindness - both small and great, so that they could not find the door.
NET Bible
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
New Heart English Bible
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
The Emphasized Bible
the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
Webster
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
World English Bible
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To lot, in sodom
Blindness » Physical, inflicted
Blindness » Miraculously inflicted upon the sodomites
Sexual activities » The reward for sexual sins
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Interlinear
Nakah
Pethach
Qatan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rescue Of Lot From Sodom
10 And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door; 11 and the men who are at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening. 12 And the men say unto Lot, 'Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from this place;
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18
And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;' and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
Acts 13:11
and now, lo, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead him by the hand;
Deuteronomy 28:28-29
'Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
Isaiah 57:10
In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, 'It is desperate.' The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.
Jeremiah 2:36
What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,