KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 19:20
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
WEB World English Bible
See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
lo, I pray thee, this city is near to flee thither, and it is little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.’
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdנָ֠אH4994 · napleaseהָעִ֨ירH5892 · irexcitementהַזֹּ֧אתH2063 · zotthisקְרֹבָ֛הH7138 · qa.rovnearלָנ֥וּסH5127 · nusto fleeשָׁ֖מָּהH8033 · shamthereוְהִ֣יאH1931 · huhe/she/itמִצְעָ֑רH4705 · mits.arlittleאִמָּלְטָ֨הH4422 · ma.latto escapeנָּ֜אH4994 · napleaseשָׁ֗מָּהH8033 · shamthereהֲלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotמִצְעָ֛רH4705 · mits.arlittleהִ֖ואH1931 · huhe/she/itוּתְחִ֥יH2421 · cha.yahto liveנַפְשִֽׁי׃H5315 · ne.pheshsoul
Cross-references
Psalm 119:175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.Proverbs 3:5-7Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.Genesis 19:30And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?
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