Genesis 19:4
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But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
In other translations
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
Hebrew words
טֶרֶםterembeforeH2962יִשְׁכָּבוּyishkavuthey lay downH7901וְאַנְשֵׁיve'ansheiand [the] men ofH582הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] men ofH582סְדֹםsedomSodomH5467נָסַבּוּnasabuthey surroundedH5437עַל־'al-<on>H5921הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004מִנַּעַרmina'arfrom young manH5288וְעַד־ve'ad-and untoH5704זָקֵןzakenold [man]H2205כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971מִקָּצֶה׃mikatzehfrom [the] endH7097
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Related verses
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Jeremiah 5:1-61 Run 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. 2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.1 “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. 2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.” 3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. 4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
- Romans 3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Proverbs 6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Exodus 16:2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
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Topics
People and places
Places: Sodom