Genesis 15:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

New Living Translation
After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”

English Standard Version
And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Berean Study Bible
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

New American Standard Bible
Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

NASB 1995
"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

NASB 1977
“Then in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

Amplified Bible
Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”

Christian Standard Bible
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

Contemporary English Version
Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

Good News Translation
It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, because the sin of the Amorites will not have run its course until then."

International Standard Version
Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."

NET Bible
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

New King James Version
But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

King James 2000 Bible
But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

New Heart English Bible
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

World English Bible
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

American King James Version
But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

American Standard Version
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

A Faithful Version
But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."

Darby Bible Translation
And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

English Revised Version
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

Webster's Bible Translation
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne, for the wickednes of ye Amorites is not yet full.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

Young's Literal Translation
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the fourth generation they shall turn back hither: for the crime of the Amorite has not been completed till now.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And in the fourth age they shall return here, because the debts of the Amorites are not yet fulfilled.

Lamsa Bible
And after four centuries, they shall return here; for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet full.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
















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