KJV King James Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
WEB World English Bible
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
ASV American Standard Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is—a pillar of salt!
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
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.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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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.Genesis 19:17And 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.Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.Numbers 16:38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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