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.


In Context

18 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?

19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

20 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.

21 I 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.

22 And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.

23 And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just 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 American Standard 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 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.