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Genesis 19:22

22 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called hZoar.1

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Genesis 19:22 — The New International Version (NIV)

22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

Genesis 19:22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

22 But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

Genesis 19:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

22 Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”

Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — New Century Version (NCV)

22 But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)

Genesis 19:22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

22 Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

22 Run there quickly, because I can’t do anything until you get there.” (The city is named Zoar [Small].) 

Genesis 19:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

22 Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

22 Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

22 Escape there quickly, for I cannot do this thing until you get there.” Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

22 But run there quickly. I can’t do anything until you reach it.”

The town was named Zoar. Zoar means “small.”

Genesis 19:22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.


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