22Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.


In Context

19 behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither is it not small? and my soul shall live.

21 And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

22 Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

23 The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

24 And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,

Genesis 19:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:22But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:22Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:22Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:22Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there.| Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:22haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:22Haste you, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till you be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.