Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”
Genesis 18:30 - English Standard Version 2016 Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I will not do it if I find thirty there. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. Common English Bible He said, “Don’t be angry with me, my Lord, but let me speak. What if thirty are there?” The LORD said, “I won’t do it if I find thirty there.” Catholic Public Domain Version "I ask you," he said, "not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there?" He responded, "I will not act, if I find thirty there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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 find thirty there. |
Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”
He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”
Then Judah went up to him and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.
“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Then Gideon said to God, “Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew.”