Genesis 19:5
3 But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
6 Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.
7 “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- KJV
- And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
- WEB
- They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”
- ASV
- and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
- DARBY
- And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.
- BLB
- And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us that we may know them.”
- ÅB
- Og de ropte på Lot og sa til ham: Hvor er de menn som er kommet til deg inatt? Før dem ut til oss, så vi kan få vår vilje med dem!
- OTB
- De ropte til Lot: "Hvor er mennene som kom til deg i natt? Bring dem ut til oss så vi kan ha omgang med dem."
- B1930
- Og de ropte på Lot og sa til ham: Hvor er de menn som er kommet til dig inatt? Før dem ut til oss, så vi kan få vår vilje med dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 19:22
While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
Read in contextIsaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Read in contextJude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:22
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
Read in contextRomans 1:26–27
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
Read in contextMatthew 11:23–24
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
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