Abraham stepped forward and said, ‘Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Suppose there are in the city fifty righteous; will You destroy the place and not spare it for [the sake of] the fifty righteous in it? American Standard Version (1901) Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Common English Bible What if there are fifty innocent people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not save the place for the sake of the fifty innocent people in it? Catholic Public Domain Version If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? And wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein? |
Abraham stepped forward and said, ‘Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ’
Then he said, ‘Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose ten are found there? ’ He answered, ‘I will not destroy it on account of ten.’
Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness, a son of man.
If the Lord of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her.
and said, “Don’t be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.”