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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.

  • 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.