Genesis 18:31 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³¹ 1 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And [Abraham] said, Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak [again] to the Lord. Suppose [only] twenty shall be found there. And [the Lord] replied, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.

Common English Bible

³¹ Abraham said, “Since I’ve already decided to speak with my Lord, what if twenty are there?” The LORD said, “I won’t do it, for the sake of twenty.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ "Since now I have begun," he said, "I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there?" He said, "I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

Genesis 18:31 Cross References

Genesis 18:27

7 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:30

0 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I And thirty there.

Genesis 18:32

2 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found there ? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.

Matthew 7:11

9 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:7

5 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Luke 11:8

6 And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

Luke 18:1

And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

Ephesians 6:18

I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you,

Hebrews 4:16

And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation.