21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.


In Context

18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please!

19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die.

20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it-it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared."

21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.

Genesis 19:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said to him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for which thou hast spoken.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21He said to him, |Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And he saith unto him, 'Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city for which thou hast spoken;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which you have spoken.