23Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?


In Context

20 Then the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous

21 that 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."

22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord .

23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

25 Far be it from you to do such a thing-to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Genesis 18:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:23And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Abraham drew near, and said, |Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, 'Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?