If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five.
Genesis 18:29 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [Abraham] spoke to Him yet again, and said, Suppose [only] forty shall be found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake. American Standard Version (1901) And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty’s sake. Common English Bible Once again Abraham spoke, “What if forty are there?” The LORD said, “For the sake of forty, I will do nothing.” Catholic Public Domain Version And again he said to him, "But if forty were found there, what would you do?" He said, "I will not strike, for the sake of the forty." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty. |
If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five.
And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there.
By all prayer and supplication praying in all time in Spirit, and for this same watching vigilantly in all perseverance and supplication for the holy:
We should therefore go with freedom of speech to the throne of grace, that we receive mercy, and find grace for timely assistance.