Genesis 19:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ So the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city. After they were out, one of the men said, “Now run to save your life! Don’t look back at the city. And don’t stop any place in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, then you will be destroyed with the city!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And when they had brought them forth, they said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you or stop anywhere in the whole valley; escape to the mountains [of Moab], lest you be consumed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ After getting them out, the men said, “Save your lives! Don’t look back! And don’t stay in the valley. Escape to the mountains so that you are not swept away.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: "Save your life. Do not look not back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

Genesis 19:17 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 14:10

There were very many holes filled with tar [82] in the Valley of Siddim. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah {and their armies} ran away. Many of the soldiers fell into those holes. But the others ran away to the mountains.

Genesis 18:22

So the men turned and started walking toward Sodom. But Abraham stood there before the Lord.

Genesis 19:18

But Lot said to the two men, “Sirs, please don’t force me to run so far!

Genesis 19:22

But run there fast. I can’t destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, [108] because it is a small town.)

Genesis 19:26

While they were running away, Lot’s wife looked back at the city and became a block of salt.

Genesis 19:30

Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar. So he and his two daughters went to live in the mountains. They lived in a cave there.

1 Kings 1:12

Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you what you should do to save yourself.

1 Kings 19:3

When Elijah heard this, he was afraid. So he ran away to save his life. He took his servant with him. They went to Beersheba, Judah. Elijah left his servant in Beersheba.

Psalm 121:1

I look up to the hills \{for help\}.\par But where will my help really come from?\par

Jeremiah 48:6

Run away! Run for your lives!\par Run away like a tumbleweed {\cf2\super [378]} \par \{blowing\} through the desert.\par

Numbers 16:26

Moses warned the people, “Move away from the tents of these evil men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them! If you do, then you will be destroyed because of their sins.”

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?

Luke 12:23

Life is more important than food. And the body is more important than clothes.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said, “If any person begins to plow a field, but looks back, he is not prepared for the kingdom of God.”

Hebrews 2:3

The salvation \{that was given to us\} is very great. So surely we also will be punished if we live like this salvation is not important. It was the Lord (Jesus) who first told people about this salvation. And the people who heard him proved to us that this salvation is true.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent men to David’s house. The men watched David’s house. They stayed there all night. They were waiting to kill David in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him. She said, “You must run away tonight and save your life. If you don’t, then you will be killed tomorrow.”