Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? New Living Translation Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes? English Standard Version Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Berean Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? King James Bible Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? New King James Version Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? New American Standard Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? NASB 1995 “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? NASB 1977 “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Legacy Standard Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Amplified Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous [people] within the city; will You really sweep it away and not spare it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Christian Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it? Holman Christian Standard Bible What if there are 50 righteous people in the city? Will You really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in it? American Standard Version Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Aramaic Bible in Plain English If there are fifty righteous within the city, do you destroy in a rage and do you not forgive the place because of fifty righteous who are within it? Brenton Septuagint Translation Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it? Contemporary English Version Wouldn't you spare the city if there are only 50 good people in it? Douay-Rheims Bible If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein? English Revised Version Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? GOD'S WORD® Translation What if there are 50 innocent people in the city? Are you really going to sweep them away? Won't you spare that place for the sake of the 50 innocent people who are in it? Good News Translation If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty? International Standard Version Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there? JPS Tanakh 1917 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Literal Standard Version Perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; do You also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] in its midst? Majority Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? New American Bible Suppose there were fifty righteous people in the city; would you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people within it? NET Bible What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? New Revised Standard Version Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it? New Heart English Bible What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Webster's Bible Translation Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it? World English Bible What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Young's Literal Translation peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? 25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”… Cross References Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, "Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Genesis 18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing--to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?" Treasury of Scripture Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? there. Genesis 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. spare. Acts 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Jump to Previous Bear Chance City Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Upright Wilt WithinJump to Next Bear Chance City Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Upright Wilt WithinGenesis 18 1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son. 16. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23. Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants. Verse 24. - Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. A charitable supposition, as the event showed, though at first sight it might not appear so to Abraham; and the bare Possibility of Sodom's - not Sodom alone (Kalisch), but the Pentapolis - containing so many good men was enough to afford a basis for the argument which followed. Wilt thou also destroy and not spare - literally, take away (sc. the iniquity) i.e. remove the punishment from - the place (not the godly portion of the city merely, but the entire population; a complete discovery of Abraham s design) for the fifty righteous that are therein? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew What ifאוּלַ֥י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's 194: Perhaps there are יֵ֛שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 2572: Fifty righteous צַדִּיקִ֖ם (ṣad·dî·qim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous ones in בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the city? הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Will You really הַאַ֤ף (ha·’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though sweep it away תִּסְפֶּה֙ (tis·peh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up and not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spare תִשָּׂ֣א (ṯiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the place לַמָּק֔וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition for the sake of לְמַ֛עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent the fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 2572: Fifty righteous הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם (haṣ·ṣad·dî·qim) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous ones אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that who are there? בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (bə·qir·bāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center Links Genesis 18:24 NIVGenesis 18:24 NLT Genesis 18:24 ESV Genesis 18:24 NASB Genesis 18:24 KJV Genesis 18:24 BibleApps.com Genesis 18:24 Biblia Paralela Genesis 18:24 Chinese Bible Genesis 18:24 French Bible Genesis 18:24 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 18:24 What if there are fifty righteous within (Gen. 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