Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
KJV
Dixitque Dominus ad eum : Si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta justos in medio civitatis, dimittam omni loco propter eos.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Κύριος Ἐὰν εὕρω ἐν Σοδόμοις ⸆ πεντήκοντα δικαίους ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀφήσω πάντα τὸν τόπον δι’ αὐτούς.
LXX
And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אִם אֶמְצָ֥א בִ/סְדֹ֛ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ הָ/עִ֑יר וְ/נָשָׂ֥אתִי לְ/כָל הַ/מָּק֖וֹם בַּ/עֲבוּרָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 22:30 — And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
- Isa 65:8 — Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
- 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;
- Job 22:30 — He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
- Matt 24:22 — And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.