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Genesis 18:24

Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

KJV

si fuerint quinquaginta justi in civitate, peribunt simul ? et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta justos, si fuerint in eo ?

Vulgate

⸂⸆⸃ ἐὰν ὦσιν πεντήκοντα ἐν τῇ πόλει δίκαιοι, ἀπολεῖς αὐτούς; οὐκ ἀνήσεις τὸν τόπον ἕνεκεν τῶν πεντήκοντα ⸂⸆⸆⸃ δικαίων, ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ;

LXX

Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

ASV

אוּלַ֥י יֵ֛שׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הָ/עִ֑יר הַ/אַ֤ף תִּסְפֶּה֙ וְ/לֹא תִשָּׂ֣א לַ/מָּק֔וֹם לְמַ֛עַן חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַ/צַּדִּיקִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ/קִרְבָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
אוּלַ֛י
'vly
adverb · 45×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סְפ֥וֹת
spvt
verb · 20×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 12:12 — And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 19:21 — And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
  • Isa 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.
  • Jer 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;
  • Josh 6:23 — And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without th
  • Matt 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: