KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
WEB World English Bible
It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth, abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, ‘Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
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וַיְהִי֩H1961 · ha.yahto beכְהוֹצִיאָ֨םH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֹתָ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]הַח֗וּצָהH2351 · chutsoutsideוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayהִמָּלֵ֣טH4422 · ma.latto escapeעַל־H5921 · aluponנַפְשֶׁ֔ךָH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאַל־H408 · alnotתַּבִּ֣יטH5027 · na.vatto lookאַחֲרֶ֔יךָH310 · a.charafterוְאַֽל־H408 · alnotתַּעֲמֹ֖דH5975 · a.madto stand: standבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהַכִּכָּ֑רH3603 · kik.karPlain (of Jericho)הָהָ֥רָהH2022 · harmountain: mountהִמָּלֵ֖טH4422 · ma.latto escapeפֶּן־H6435 · penlestתִּסָּפֶֽה׃H5595 · sa.phahto snatch
Cross-references
Matthew 24:16-18Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:Luke 9:62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.Philippians 3:13-14Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,Genesis 19:26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?Luke 17:31-32In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.Jeremiah 48:6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.1 Kings 19:3And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.Psalm 121:1A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.Genesis 19:14-15And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.Genesis 18:22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard [him];
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