Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

King James Version

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Holman Bible

But his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

International Standard Version

But Lot's wife looked back as she lingered behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

A Conservative Version

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

American Standard Version

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Amplified

But Lot’s wife, from behind him, [foolishly, longingly] looked [back toward Sodom in an act of disobedience], and she became a pillar of salt.

Bible in Basic English

But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.

Darby Translation

And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Julia Smith Translation

And his wife will look hack from behind him, and will become a pillar of salt

King James 2000

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But his wife looked {back}, and she became a pillar of salt.

Modern King James verseion

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Lot's wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a pillar of salt.

NET Bible

But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.

New Heart English Bible

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

The Emphasized Bible

But his wife looked from behind him, - and became - a pillar of salt.

Webster

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

World English Bible

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Youngs Literal Translation

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But his wife
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

and she became a pillar
נצב נציב 
N@tsiyb 
Usage: 11

References

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Morish

Smith

Watsons

Lot

Context Readings

Lot Leaves Sodom, And The Cities Are Destroyed

25 and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord;



Cross References

Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them outside, one said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”

Numbers 16:38

As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the Lord and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel.”

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his.

Luke 17:31-32

On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

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