Genesis 18:28 - Modern English Version

²⁸ Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous. Will You destroy all the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ If five of the fifty righteous should be lacking–will You destroy the whole city for lack of five? He said, If I find forty-five, I will not destroy it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

Common English Bible

²⁸ what if there are five fewer innocent people than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city over just five?” The LORD said, “If I find forty-five there, I won’t destroy it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?" And he said, "I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there."

Genesis 18:28 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 18:26

So the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the entire place for their sakes.”

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord.

Genesis 18:29

And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there will be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.”

Daniel 2:18

so that they might ask for compassion from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.