Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
KJV
Respiciensque uxor ejus post se, versa est in statuam salis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ἐγένετο στήλη ἁλός. ⸆
LXX
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
ASV
וַ/תַּבֵּ֥ט אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ מֵ/אַחֲרָ֑י/ו וַ/תְּהִ֖י נְצִ֥יב מֶֽלַח
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה
h
verb · 70×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מֶ֑לַח
mlch
noun · 29×
נְצִ֣יב
ntsyb
noun · 12×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Luke 17:32 · paraphrase"Remember Lot’s wife."Genesis: Lot's wife — Jesus warns: remember Lot's wife
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
- Gen 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed
- Gen 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed
- Heb 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- Luke 17:31 — In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Luke 17:32 — Remember Lot’s wife.
- Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
- Prov 14:14 — The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.