Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.
New American Standard Bible
for we are about to destroy this place, because
King James Version
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Holman Bible
for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
International Standard Version
because we're going to destroy it. Their outcry has come to the attention of the LORD, so he sent us here to destroy it!"
A Conservative Version
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has been great before LORD. And LORD has sent us to destroy it.
American Standard Version
for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
Amplified
for we are destroying this place, because the outcry [for judgment] against them has grown so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy and ruin it.”
Darby Translation
For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Julia Smith Translation
For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it.
King James 2000
For we will destroy this place, because the cry against them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For we are [about to] destroy this place, because their cry has become great before Yahweh. Yahweh sent us to destroy it."
Modern King James verseion
For we will destroy this place because great is the cry of them before the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for we must destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before the LORD. Wherefore he hath sent us to destroy it."
NET Bible
because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it."
New Heart English Bible
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it."
The Emphasized Bible
For we are about to destroy this place, - for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Webster
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
World English Bible
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."
Youngs Literal Translation
for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'
Themes
Angel (a spirit) » Appearances of » To lot, in sodom
death » As a judgment » Sodomites
Holy spirit » Instances of » People of sodom
Sexual activities » The reward for sexual sins
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Interlinear
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Paniym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 19:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed
12 Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place; 13 For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town. 14 And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psalm 11:5-6
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
Isaiah 3:11
Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
Isaiah 36:10
And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.
Isaiah 37:36
And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
Ezekiel 9:5-6
And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
Matthew 13:49-50
So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,
Acts 12:23
And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
Romans 3:8-9
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Revelation 16:1-12
And a great voice out of the house of God came to my ears, saying to the seven angels, Go, and let that which is in the seven vessels of the wrath of God come down on the earth.