KJV King James Version
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, ‘The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah—because great; and their sin—because exceeding grievous:
Surrounding context — Genesis 18
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDזַעֲקַ֛תH2201 · ze.a.qahoutcryסְדֹ֥םH5467 · se.domSodomוַעֲמֹרָ֖הH6017 · a.mo.rahGomorrahכִּי־H3588 · kiforרָ֑בָּהH7231 · ra.vavto multiplyוְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔םH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforכָבְדָ֖הH3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourמְאֹֽד׃H3966 · me.odmuch
Cross-references
Genesis 19:13For 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.Ezekiel 16:49-50Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.Isaiah 3:9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.Jeremiah 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
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