Genesis 18:24
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?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?
In other translations
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?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?
Hebrew words
אוּלַי'ulaiperhapsH194יֵשׁyeshthereH3426חֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim[are] fiftyH2572צַדִּיקִםtzadikimrighteous [people]H6662בְּתוֹךְbetokhin [the] midst ofH8432הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892הַאַףha'af¿ alsoH637תִּסְפֶּהtispehwill you sweep [it] awayH5595וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תִשָּׂאtisa'will you forgive?H5375לַמָּקוֹםlamakom<to> the placeH4725לְמַעַןlema'anfor [the] sake ofH4616חֲמִשִּׁיםchamishimfiftyH2572הַצַּדִּיקִםhatzadikimthe righteous [people]H6662אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834בְּקִרְבָּהּ׃bekirbah[are] in midst itsH7130
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Related verses
- Isaiah 1:9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
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- Matthew 7:13-1413 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
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