And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
Genesis 18:21 - Revised Standard Version I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether [as vilely and wickedly] as is the cry of it which has come to Me; and if not, I will know. American Standard Version (1901) I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. Common English Bible I will go down now to examine the cries of injustice that have reached me. Have they really done all this? If not, I want to know.” Catholic Public Domain Version I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know. |
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.”
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.’ ”
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
“I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.”
For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’
But he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;
And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the Lord, spare us not today