Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? New Living Translation Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked? English Standard Version Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Berean Standard Bible Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? King James Bible And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? New King James Version And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? New American Standard Bible Abraham approached and said, “Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? NASB 1995 Abraham came near and said, “Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? NASB 1977 And Abraham came near and said, “Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Legacy Standard Bible Then Abraham came near and said, “Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Amplified Bible Abraham approached [the LORD] and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous (those who do right) with the wicked (those who do evil)? Christian Standard Bible Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Holman Christian Standard Bible Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? American Standard Version And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abraham came near and said, “Do you destroy the righteous in a rage with sinners? Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked? Contemporary English Version And Abraham asked him, "LORD, when you destroy the evil people, are you also going to destroy those who are good? Douay-Rheims Bible And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? English Revised Version And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? GOD'S WORD® Translation Abraham came closer and asked, "Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Good News Translation Abraham approached the LORD and asked, "Are you really going to destroy the innocent with the guilty? International Standard Version Abraham approached and asked, "Will you actually destroy the righteous along with the wicked? JPS Tanakh 1917 And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Literal Standard Version And Abraham draws near and says, “Do You also consume righteous with wicked? Majority Standard Bible Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? New American Bible Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? NET Bible Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked? New Revised Standard Version Then Abraham came near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? New Heart English Bible Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Webster's Bible Translation And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? World English Bible Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? Young's Literal Translation And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, 'Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?… Cross References James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Genesis 18:24 What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, "Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? Exodus 23:7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty. Numbers 16:22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?" 2 Samuel 24:17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, "Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father's house." Psalm 11:4 The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men. Treasury of Scripture And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? drew. Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. Jeremiah 30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Wilt. Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Numbers 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? Jump to Previous Abraham Approached Cause Consume Destroy Destruction Draweth Drew Indeed Nigh Perish Righteous Sinners Sweep Upright Wicked WiltJump to Next Abraham Approached Cause Consume Destroy Destruction Draweth Drew Indeed Nigh Perish Righteous Sinners Sweep Upright Wicked WiltGenesis 18 1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who entertains angels.9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the promise of a son. 16. The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23. Abraham makes intercession for its inhabitants. (23) Abraham drew near.--As Jewish commentators remark, this word is especially used of prayer, and Abraham's intercession is unspeakably noble. Nor must we suppose that he thought only of Lot. Doubtless he remembered the day when he had restored the persons and spoil to the king of Sodom. He had then seen their human affection; the joy of parent meeting with child, and friend with friend; and he hoped that there were good people among them, and that so marvellous a deliverance would work in many of them a true repentance. Neither must we suppose that Abraham adroitly began with a large number, with the intention of lessening it. It was the readiness with which each prayer was heard which made him in his earnestness continue his entreaties. It thus illustrates the principle that the faith of the believer grows strong as he feels that his prayers are accepted, and he ventures finally to offer petitions, nothing wavering, which at an earlier stage would have seemed to him to ask more than he might venture to hope from the Divine goodness. Destroy.--Heb., sweep away; and so in Genesis 18:24. The difference is not without force; for the verb "to sweep away" gives the idea of a more indiscriminate ruin than the usual word destroy, which Abraham substitutes for it in Genesis 18:28; Genesis 18:31-32. Verse 23. - And Abraham drew near. I.e. to Jehovah; not simply locally, but also spiritually. The religious use of יִגַּשּׁ as a performing religious services to God, or a pious turning of the mind to God, is found in Exodus 30:20; Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 30:21; and in a similar sense ἐγγίζω is employed in the New Testament (cf. Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:22; James 4:8). The Jonathan Targum explains, "and Abraham prayed." And said. Commencing the sublimest act of human intercession of which Scripture preserves a record, being moved thereto, if not by an immediate regard for Lot (Lange), at least by a sense of compassion towards the inhabitants of Sodom, "communis erga quinque populos misericordia" (Calvin), which was heightened and intensified by his own previous experience of forgiving grace (Keil). Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? The question presupposes that God had, according to the resolution of Ver. 17, explained to the patriarch his intention to destroy the cities of the plain. The object the patriarch contemplated in his intercession was not simply the preservation of any godly remnant that might be found within the doomed towns, but the rescue of their entire populations from the impending judgment, - only he does not at first discover his complete design, perhaps regarding such an absolute reversal of the Divine purpose as exceeding the legitimate bounds of creature supplication; but with what might be characterized as holy adroitness he veils his ulterior aim, and commences his petition at a Point somewhat removed from that to which he hopes to come. Assuming it as settled that the fair Pentapolis is to be destroyed, he practically asks, with a strange mixture of humility and boldness, if Jehovah has considered that this will involve a sad commingling in one gigantic overthrow of both the righteous and the wicked.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation stepped forward וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (way·yig·gaš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach and said, וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Will You really הַאַ֣ף (ha·’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though sweep away תִּסְפֶּ֔ה (tis·peh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up the righteous צַדִּ֖יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with the wicked? רָשָֽׁע׃ (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person Links Genesis 18:23 NIVGenesis 18:23 NLT Genesis 18:23 ESV Genesis 18:23 NASB Genesis 18:23 KJV Genesis 18:23 BibleApps.com Genesis 18:23 Biblia Paralela Genesis 18:23 Chinese Bible Genesis 18:23 French Bible Genesis 18:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 18:23 Abraham drew near and said Will you (Gen. 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