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.


In Context

18 Lot said to them, |Oh, not so, my lord.

19 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

20 See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live.|

21 He 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.

22 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there.| Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:21He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

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 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.