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.


In Context

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

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

21 I 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.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:21 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:21I 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.

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.