suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ’ He replied, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Genesis 18:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Abraham answered, ‘Since I have ventured to speak to my lord #– #even though I am dust and ashes #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Abraham answered, Behold now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: Common English Bible Abraham responded, “Since I’ve already decided to speak with my Lord, even though I’m just soil and ash, Catholic Public Domain Version And Abraham responded by saying: "Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. |
suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ’ He replied, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.’
And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face towards you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.
how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!
But Moses sought the favour of the Lord his God: ‘Lord, why does your anger burn against your people you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, ‘Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord! ’