21I 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.


In Context

18 seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

20 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

21 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.

22 And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.

23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:21I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:21that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:21I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:21I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21I 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:21I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely — and if not — I know;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.