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 · 2000

Haste 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 · 1611

Haste 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 · 1901

Haste 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 · 1949

Go 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 · 1862

haste, 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) · 1752

Make 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 · 1890

Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Context

v.21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

v.22This passage

v.23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.

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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