Genesis 19:22
What does Genesis 19:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 19:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 6:5
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Genesis 14:2
that they 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 (the same is Zoar).
- Genesis 32:25
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
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