29And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.


In Context

26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

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

29 And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

30 And he said to him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Genesis 18:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:29Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?" He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29He spoke to him yet again, and said, |What if there are forty found there?| He said, |I will not do it for the forty's sake.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:29And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, 'Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, 'I do it not, because of the forty.'