Devine Scripture

Genesis 18:28

Genesis chapter 18 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

Context

v.27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

v.28This passage

v.29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 20:32

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

  • Job 23:3

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

  • Genesis 18:26

    And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

  • Genesis 18:29

    And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake.

  • Numbers 14:17

    And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,