^19:16When Lot⁴¹ hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them.⁴² They led them away and placed them⁴³ outside the city. ^19:17When they had brought them outside, they⁴⁴ said, “Run⁴⁵ for your lives! Don’t look⁴⁶ behind you or stop anywhere in the valley!⁴⁷ Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”

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Footnotes

41 Heb “he”; the referent (Lot) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
42 Heb “in the compassion of the Lord to them.”
43 Heb “brought him out and placed him.” The third masculine singular suffixes refer specifically to Lot, though his wife and daughters accompanied him (see v. 17). For stylistic reasons these have been translated as plural pronouns (“them”).
44 Or “one of them”; Heb “he.” Several ancient versions (, , ) read the plural “they.” See also the note on “your” in v. .
45 Heb “escape.”
46 The Hebrew verb translated “look” signifies an intense gaze, not a passing glance. This same verb is used later in v. 26 to describe Lot’s wife’s self-destructive look back at the city.
47 Or “in the plain”; Heb “in the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. They brought him out and left him outside the city.

As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

NLTNew Living Translation

When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But when he lingered, the men seized him by his hand and his wife’s hand, and his two daughters by hand, on account of the mercy of Yahweh upon him. And they brought him out and set him outside of the city. And after bringing them outside one said, “Flee for your life; do not look behind you, and do not stand anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains lest you be destroyed.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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