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Genesis 19:13

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19:13because we are about to destroy32 it. The outcry against this place33 is so great before the Lord that he34 has sent us to destroy it.”

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Footnotes

  1. 32 The Hebrew participle expresses an imminent action here.
  2. 33 Heb “for their outcry.” The words “about this place” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. 34 Heb “the Lord.” The repetition of the divine name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun “he” for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For we are about to destroy this place, because their cry has become great before Yahweh. Yahweh sent us to destroy it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.