Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? New Living Translation Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes? English Standard Version Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Berean Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? King James Bible Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? New King James Version Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? New American Standard Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? NASB 1995 “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? NASB 1977 “Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Legacy Standard Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Amplified Bible Suppose there are fifty righteous [people] within the city; will You really sweep it away and not spare it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? Christian Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it? Holman Christian Standard Bible What if there are 50 righteous people in the city? Will You really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in it? American Standard Version Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Contemporary English Version Wouldn't you spare the city if there are only 50 good people in it? English Revised Version Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? GOD'S WORD® Translation What if there are 50 innocent people in the city? Are you really going to sweep them away? Won't you spare that place for the sake of the 50 innocent people who are in it? Good News Translation If there are fifty innocent people in the city, will you destroy the whole city? Won't you spare it in order to save the fifty? International Standard Version Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there? Majority Standard Bible What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? NET Bible What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? New Heart English Bible What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Webster's Bible Translation Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it? World English Bible What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPerhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; do You also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] in its midst? Young's Literal Translation peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst? Smith's Literal Translation Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein? Catholic Public Domain Version If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it? New American Bible Suppose there were fifty righteous people in the city; would you really sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people within it? New Revised Standard Version Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSuppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou in thine anger destroy it, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are in it? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If there are fifty righteous within the city, do you destroy in a rage and do you not forgive the place because of fifty righteous who are within it? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Brenton Septuagint Translation Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? 25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”… Cross References Genesis 19:29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived. Exodus 32:14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people. Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city. Ezekiel 22:30 I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one. Amos 7:3 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. Amos 7:6 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD. Jonah 3:10 When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them. 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 10:12-13 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. / Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 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. Romans 9:27-29 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” 2 Peter 2:6-9 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)— ... James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. Isaiah 65:8 This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all. Treasury of Scripture Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? there. Genesis 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. spare. Acts 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Jump to Previous Bear Chance City Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Upright Wilt WithinJump to Next Bear Chance City Consume Destroy Destruction Fifty Forgive Indeed Mercy Midst Peradventure Really Righteous Sake Spare Suppose Sweep Therein Upright Wilt WithinGenesis 18 1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son. 16. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23. Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants. Suppose there are This phrase introduces a hypothetical scenario, a common rhetorical device in ancient Near Eastern dialogues. The Hebrew root here is "ʾûlay" (אוּלַי), which conveys a sense of possibility or conjecture. It reflects Abraham's cautious yet bold approach in negotiating with God, highlighting his deep concern for justice and mercy. This approach encourages believers to engage with God in prayer, bringing their concerns and intercessions before Him with humility and faith. fifty righteous ones within the city Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew What ifאוּלַ֥י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's 194: Perhaps there are יֵ֛שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 2572: Fifty righteous צַדִּיקִ֖ם (ṣad·dî·qim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous ones in בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the city? הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Will You really הַאַ֤ף (ha·’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though sweep it away תִּסְפֶּה֙ (tis·peh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up and not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spare תִשָּׂ֣א (ṯiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the place לַמָּק֔וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition for the sake of לְמַ֛עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent the fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 2572: Fifty righteous הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם (haṣ·ṣad·dî·qim) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous ones אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that who are there? בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (bə·qir·bāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center Links Genesis 18:24 NIVGenesis 18:24 NLT Genesis 18:24 ESV Genesis 18:24 NASB Genesis 18:24 KJV Genesis 18:24 BibleApps.com Genesis 18:24 Biblia Paralela Genesis 18:24 Chinese Bible Genesis 18:24 French Bible Genesis 18:24 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 18:24 What if there are fifty righteous within (Gen. 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