27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.


In Context

24 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?

25 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.

26 And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.

27 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.

28 What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.

29 And 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.

Genesis 18:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:27Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I, who am dust and ashes, have taken upon me to speak to the Lord.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:27Abraham answered, |See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I — dust and ashes;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: