And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
Isaiah 65:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: As the juice [of the grape] is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: As new wine is found in the grape cluster, and someone says, “Don’t destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,” so I will do for the sake of my servants and not destroy everything: Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: In the same way as it is said about a grain found in a cluster, "Do not destroy it, because it is a blessing," so will I act for the sake of my servants, so that I may not destroy the whole. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing. So will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole. |
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a consumption is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
And if there be yet a tenth in it, it shall again be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgement, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.
Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.