Then יהוה came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Genesis 18:21 - The Scriptures 2009 “I am going down now to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me, and if not, I know. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether [as vilely and wickedly] as is the cry of it which has come to Me; and if not, I will know. American Standard Version (1901) I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. Common English Bible I will go down now to examine the cries of injustice that have reached me. Have they really done all this? If not, I want to know.” Catholic Public Domain Version I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know. |
Then יהוה came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
“Come, let Us go there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another’s speech.”
And Elohim looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth –
There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of wickedness hide themselves.
יהוה looked down from the heavens on the sons of mankind, To see if there is a wise one, seeking יהוה.
You have set our crookednesses before You, Our secret sin in the light of Your face.
“And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Mitsrites, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Kena‛anites and the Ḥittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites.
And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. Should I go up in your midst for one moment I shall consume you. And now, take off your ornaments, and I shall know what to do to you.’ ”
“The sin of Yehuḏah is written with a pen of iron, engraved with the point of a diamond on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your slaughter-places,
“I, יהוה, search the heart, I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
“Arise, go to Ninewĕh, the great city, and cry out against it, for their evils have come up before Me.”
For look, יהוה is coming out of His place, and He shall come down and shall tread on the high places of the earth.
“And at that time it shall be, that I search Yerushalayim with lamps and punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘יהוה does no good, nor does He evil.’
so He said to them, “You are those who declare yourselves righteous before men, but Elohim knows your hearts, because what is highly thought of among men is an abomination in the sight of Elohim.
“Because I have come down out of the heaven, not to do My own desire, but the desire of Him who sent Me.
do not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for יהוה your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being.
“And you shall remember that יהוה your Elohim led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you guard His commands or not.
Because the Master Himself shall come down from heaven with a shout, with the voice of a chief messenger, and with the trumpet of Elohim, and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all are naked and laid bare before the eyes of Him with whom is our account.
"Ěl Elohim יהוה, Ěl Elohim יהוה, He knows, and let Yisra’ĕl itself know. If this has been in rebellion, or if in trespass against יהוה, do not save us this day.