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.


In Context

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.

30 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I And thirty there.

31 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.