Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Abraham said, "Please forgive my boldness in continuing to speak to you, Lord. Suppose that only twenty are found?" He said, "I will not destroy the city if I find twenty." Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. Matthew 7:7,11 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. . . . Luke 11:8 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. Luke 18:1 And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint, Ephesians 6:18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints: Hebrews 4:16 Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid. Hebrews 10:20-22 A new and living way which he hath dedicated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh: . . . Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…30Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.32I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.… Cross References Genesis 18:30 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there. Genesis 18:32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. Additional Translations And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He replied, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty. And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for the twenty's sake. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the Lord: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake." And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the twenty.' Jump to Previous Abraham Account Bold Destroy Found Mercy Peradventure Perhaps Sake Speak Suppose Thoughts Twenty Undertaken Ventured WilledJump to Next Abraham Account Bold Destroy Found Mercy Peradventure Perhaps Sake Speak Suppose Thoughts Twenty Undertaken Ventured WilledLinks Genesis 18:31 NIVGenesis 18:31 NLT Genesis 18:31 ESV Genesis 18:31 NASB Genesis 18:31 KJV Genesis 18:31 Bible Apps Genesis 18:31 Biblia Paralela Genesis 18:31 Chinese Bible Genesis 18:31 French Bible Genesis 18:31 German Bible Alphabetical: Abraham account And are as be been behold bold can destroy For found have He I if it Lord not Now of on only said sake so speak suppose that the there to twenty ventured what will OT Law: Genesis 18:31 He said See now I have taken (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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