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Genesis 19:25

What does Genesis 19:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 19:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.

Context

v.24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

v.25This passage

v.26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Cross references

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 107:34

    A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Genesis 14:3

    All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

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