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.|


In Context

18 since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.|

20 Yahweh 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 their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.|

22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

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

Genesis 18:21 in Other Translations

The 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 unto me; and if not, I will know.

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 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.