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Genesis 18:20

GomorrahSodom
JudgmentSin

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And the LORD 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 they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

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BSB
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
KJV
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
WEB
The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
ASV
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
DARBY
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,
BLB
And YHWH said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous,
ÅB
Og Herren sa: Ropet over Sodoma og Gomorra er sannelig stort, og deres synd er sannelig meget svær.
OTB
Da sa Herren, “Ropet mot Sodoma og Gomorra er sannelig stort, og deres synd er overmåte alvorlig.
B1930
Og Herren sa: Ropet over Sodoma og Gomorra er sannelig stort, og deres synd er sannelig meget svær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 19:13

    For 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.

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  • Ezekiel 16:49–50

    Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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  • Genesis 4:10

    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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  • Jeremiah 14:7

    O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

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  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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