Genesis 19:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He hesitated, but because the LORD intended to save him, the men grabbed him, his wife, and two daughters by the hand, took him out, and left him outside the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters; because the Lord spared him.

Genesis 19:16 Cross References

Genesis 19:15

When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 43:10

for if we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”

1 Chronicles 16:34

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

Psalm 106:8

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

Psalm 107:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

Psalm 111:4

He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.

Psalm 118:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!

Psalm 119:60

I hasten and do not delay to keep thy commandments.

Psalm 136:1

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

Psalm 32:10

Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Psalm 33:19

that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:12

What man is there who desires life, and covets many days, that he may enjoy good?

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Exodus 34:7

keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.’

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

John 6:44

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Romans 9:18

So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

Deuteronomy 4:31

for the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers which he swore to them.

Deuteronomy 5:15

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 6:21

then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

Deuteronomy 7:8

but it is because the Lord loves you, and is keeping the oath which he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Titus 3:5

he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,

Joshua 6:22

And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wicked

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,