Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. New Living Translation “Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don’t do such a wicked thing. English Standard Version and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Berean Standard Bible “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! King James Bible And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. New King James Version and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! New American Standard Bible and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. NASB 1995 and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. NASB 1977 and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. Legacy Standard Bible and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. Amplified Bible and said, “Please, my brothers, do not do something so wicked. Christian Standard Bible He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers. Holman Christian Standard Bible He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers. American Standard Version And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Contemporary English Version Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing! English Revised Version And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Please, my friends, don't be so wicked," he said. Good News Translation He said to them, "Friends, I beg you, don't do such a wicked thing! International Standard Version and said, "I urge you, my brothers, don't do such a wicked thing. Majority Standard Bible “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! NET Bible He said, "No, my brothers! Don't act so wickedly! New Heart English Bible He said, "Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Webster's Bible Translation And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. World English Bible He said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand says, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil; Young's Literal Translation and saith, 'Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil; Smith's Literal Translation And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bibleno not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. Catholic Public Domain Version “Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil. New American Bible he said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! New Revised Standard Version and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Lot said to them, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Lot said to them, “You shall not do evil, my brothers. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Brenton Septuagint Translation and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villanously. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Lot Welcomes the Angels…6Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him. 7“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! 8Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”… Cross References Judges 19:23-24 The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage. / Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.” Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Romans 1:26-27 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 2 Peter 2:6-8 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— Jude 1:7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. Deuteronomy 23:17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Ezekiel 16:49-50 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. 1 Timothy 1:9-10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves. Matthew 11:23-24 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” Luke 17:28-30 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins. Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” Treasury of Scripture And said, I pray you, brothers, do not so wickedly. Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Jump to Previous Act Beg Evil Friends Please Wicked WickedlyJump to Next Act Beg Evil Friends Please Wicked WickedlyGenesis 19 1. Lot entertains two angels.4. The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness. 12. Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law. 15. He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar. 24. Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. 26. Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt. 29. Lot dwells in a cave. 31. The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon. Please, my brothers The use of "please" indicates a plea or urgent request, reflecting Lot's desperation and earnestness in addressing the men of Sodom. The Hebrew word "אָחַי" (achai) for "my brothers" suggests a familial or communal bond, which Lot is appealing to in order to dissuade them from their intended actions. This phrase highlights Lot's attempt to reason with the men by appealing to a sense of shared humanity and kinship, despite their wicked intentions. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, addressing someone as "brothers" was a way to invoke a sense of mutual respect and obligation, which Lot hoped would deter them from their sinful plans. do not do such a wicked thing Hebrew “Please,נָ֥א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' my brothers,” אַחַ֖י (’a·ḥay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) he pleaded, וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “don’t אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not do such a wicked thing! תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ (tā·rê·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad Links Genesis 19:7 NIVGenesis 19:7 NLT Genesis 19:7 ESV Genesis 19:7 NASB Genesis 19:7 KJV Genesis 19:7 BibleApps.com Genesis 19:7 Biblia Paralela Genesis 19:7 Chinese Bible Genesis 19:7 French Bible Genesis 19:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 19:7 He said Please my brothers don't act (Gen. 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