Genesis 18:27
Bible › Genesis › Chapter 18 › Verse 27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
In other translations
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030אַבְרָהָם'avrahamAbrahamH85וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009נָאna'pleaseH4994הוֹאַלְתִּיho'altiI have undertakenH2974לְדַבֵּרledaberto speakH1696אֶל־'el-toH413אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136וְאָנֹכִיve'anokhiand IH595עָפָר'afar[am] dustH6083וָאֵפֶר׃va'eferand ash[es]H665
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- 1 Corinthians 15:47-4847 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
- Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- Psalm 144:3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- Job 4:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Psalm 8:4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
Topics
People and places
People: Abraham