24What 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?


In Context

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?"

26 The Lord said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

Genesis 18:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:24If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty — the righteous who are in its midst?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?