YHWH came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Genesis 18:21 - Y'all Version Bible I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. 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. |
YHWH came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Come, let us go down and there confuse their language so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
God saw the earth, and indeed it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
YHWH looked down from heaven on the children of humanity, to see if there were any who understood, who seek after God.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
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 large land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
For YHWH had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘Y’all are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do to you.’”
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of y’all’s altars.
“I, YHWH, search the heart. I examine the mind, to give every person according to their ways, according to the fruits of their actions.”
“Get up, go to the massive city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has come up before me.”
Look! YHWH comes out of ʜɪꜱ place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “YHWH will not do good, neither will he do evil.”
Jesus said to them, “Y’all are the ones who justify yourselves* in the sight of humans, but God knows y’all’s hearts. For what is highly esteemed by humans is detestable in the sight of God.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of ʜɪᴍ who sent me.
you must not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams. For YHWH your* God is testing y’all to learn whether y’all love YHWH your* God with your* whole heart and with your* whole soul.
You must remember all the way which YHWH your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, test you, and know what was in your heart, whether you would keep ʜɪꜱ commandments or not.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
No creature is hidden from ʜɪꜱ sight, but all things are naked and laid bare before the eyes of ʜɪᴍ to whom we must give an account.
“The Mighty One, God, YHWH, the Mighty One, God, YHWH, he knows; and Israel will know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against YHWH (don’t save us today),