Genesis 19:20
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
KJV
est civitas hæc juxta, ad quam possum fugere, parva, et salvabor in ea : numquid non modica est, et vivet anima mea ?
Vulgate
ἰδοὺ ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἐγγὺς τοῦ καταφυγεῖν με ἐκεῖ, ἥ ἐστιν μικρά· ἐκεῖ σωθήσομαι· οὐ μικρά ἐστιν; καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκεν σοῦ.
LXX
behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.
ASV
הִנֵּה נָ֠א הָ/עִ֨יר הַ/זֹּ֧את קְרֹבָ֛ה לָ/נ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּ/ה וְ/הִ֣יא מִצְעָ֑ר אִמָּלְטָ֨ה נָּ֜א שָׁ֗מָּ/ה הֲ/לֹ֥א מִצְעָ֛ר הִ֖וא וּ/תְחִ֥י נַפְשִֽׁ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
- Gen 14:8 — And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of
- Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Ps 119:175 — Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.