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.


In Context

26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.

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

28 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

29 And 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.

30 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:29And 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.

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 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.