13for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.|


In Context

10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

11 They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 The men said to Lot, |Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:

13 for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.|

14 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, |Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.| But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

15 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, |Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.|

Genesis 19:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:13because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:13For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:13for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.