^18:30Then Abraham⁷⁴ said, “May the Lord not be angry⁷⁵ so that I may speak!⁷⁶ What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

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Footnotes

74 Heb “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
75 Heb “let it not be hot to the Lord.” This is an idiom which means “may the Lord not be angry.”
76 After the jussive, the cohortative indicates purpose/result.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?”

And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “Please, let not my Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if thirty be found there?” And he answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

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