17Then the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?


In Context

14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way.

17 Then the Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.

19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."

Genesis 18:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17and Jehovah said, 'Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17Yahweh said, |Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;