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Genesis 19:26

JudgmentObedience

24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25 Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

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BSB
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
KJV
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
WEB
But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
ASV
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
DARBY
And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
BLB
And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
ÅB
Men Lots hustru, som fulgte etter ham, så seg tilbake; da ble hun til en saltstøtte.
OTB
Men Lots kone så seg tilbake, og hun ble til en saltstøtte.
B1930
Men Lots hustru, som fulgte efter ham, så sig tilbake; da blev hun til en saltstøtte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 17:31–32

    On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

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  • Genesis 19:17

    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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  • Hebrews 10:38

    But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

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  • Proverbs 14:14

    The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

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  • Numbers 16:38

    As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

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