KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 19:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
WEB World English Bible
He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
ASV American Standard Version
and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
Surrounding context — Genesis 19
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.
30 And 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.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ףH8259 · sha.qaphto lookעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֤יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeסְדֹם֙H5467 · se.domSodomוַעֲמֹרָ֔הH6017 · a.mo.rahGomorrahוְעַֽל־H5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallפְּנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַכִּכָּ֑רH3603 · kik.karPlain (of Jericho)וַיַּ֗רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְהִנֵּ֤הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdעָלָה֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseקִיטֹ֣רH7008 · qi.torsmokeהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּקִיטֹ֖רH7008 · qi.torsmokeהַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃H3536 · kiv.shankiln
Cross-references
Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Revelation 18:18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.Psalm 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.Revelation 14:10-11The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:Revelation 19:3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.2 Peter 2:7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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