Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

New American Standard Bible

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

King James Version

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

International Standard Version

Hurry up and flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get to that town." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

A Conservative Version

Hasten thee, escape there, for I cannot do anything till thou have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

American Standard Version

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Amplified

Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there.” For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).

Bible in Basic English

Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

Darby Translation

Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Julia Smith Translation

Hasten, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do the word till thy coming there: for this the name of the city was called Zoar.

King James 2000

Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Escape there quickly, for I cannot do [this] thing until you get there." Therefore, there name of the city was called Zoar.

Modern King James verseion

Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Haste thee, and save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither." And therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

NET Bible

Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

New Heart English Bible

Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The Emphasized Bible

Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.

Webster

Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

World English Bible

Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Youngs Literal Translation

haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

till thou be come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

References

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Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed

21 And he said to him, “All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned. 22 Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar. 23 The sun had risen over the land when Lot reached Zoar.



Cross References

Genesis 14:2

waged war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, as well as the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 32:25-28

When the man saw that He could not defeat him, He struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.

Exodus 32:10

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Deuteronomy 9:14

Leave Me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’

Psalm 91:1-10

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out over Moab,
whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah;
they go up the slope of Luhith weeping;
they raise a cry of destruction
on the road to Horonaim.

Isaiah 65:8

The Lord says this:

As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,
and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,
for there’s some good in it,’
so I will act because of My servants
and not destroy them all.

Jeremiah 48:34

“There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.

Mark 6:5

So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

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