KJV 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.
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Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
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.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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מַהֵר֙H4116 · ma.harto hastenהִמָּלֵ֣טH4422 · ma.latto escapeשָׁ֔מָּהH8033 · shamthereכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotאוּכַל֙H3201 · ya.kholbe ableלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתH6213 · a.sahto make: doדָּבָ֔רH1697 · da.varwordעַד־H5704 · adtillבֹּאֲךָ֖H935 · boto come (in): comeשָׁ֑מָּהH8033 · shamthereעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֛ןH3651 · kenrightקָרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשֵׁם־H8034 · shemnameהָעִ֖ירH5892 · irexcitementצֽוֹעַר׃H6820 · tso.arZoar
Cross-references
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.Genesis 14:2[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.Deuteronomy 9:14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.Exodus 32:10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.Genesis 32:25-28And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.Psalm 91:1-10He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Mark 6:5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them].Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Isaiah 65:8Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [one] saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even] unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto Horonaim, [as] an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
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