Genesis 18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
KJV
Quid si minus quinquaginta justis quinque fuerint ? delebis, propter quadraginta quinque, universam urbem ? Et ait : Non delebo, si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque.
Vulgate
ἐὰν δὲ ἐλαττονωθῶσιν οἱ πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι πέντε, ἀπολεῖς ἕνεκεν τῶν πέντε πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν; καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι Οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ τεσσεράκοντα πέντε.
LXX
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
ASV
א֠וּלַי יַחְסְר֞וּ/ן חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים הַ/צַּדִּיקִם֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה הֲ/תַשְׁחִ֥ית בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת כָּל הָ/עִ֑יר וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִ֔ית אִם אֶמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 2:18 — That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.