Genesis 18:21 “I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that h…”

Genesis 18:21

I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

World English Bible

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”

American Standard Version

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will goe downe nowe, and see whether they haue done altogether according to that crie which is come vnto me: and if not, that I may knowe.

Darby Translation

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know [it].

Young's Literal Translation

I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely — and if not — I know;'

Bible in Basic English

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

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Cross references

“I will go down”

Exodus 3:8 Genesis 11:5 Genesis 11:7 Exodus 33:5 Micah 1:3 John 6:38

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Genesis 11:5 · BSB

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

Genesis 11:7 · BSB

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Exodus 33:5 · BSB

For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”

Micah 1:3 · BSB

For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.

John 6:38 · BSB

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

“see”

Jeremiah 17:10 Zephaniah 1:12 Job 34:22 Psalm 90:8 Jeremiah 17:1 Hebrews 4:13

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Zephaniah 1:12 · BSB

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Job 34:22 · BSB

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Psalm 90:8 · BSB

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Jeremiah 17:1 · BSB

“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

Hebrews 4:13 · BSB

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

“I will know”

Joshua 22:22 Deuteronomy 8:2 Deuteronomy 13:3 Psalm 139:1–24 Luke 16:15 2 Corinthians 11:11

Joshua 22:22 · BSB

“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.

Deuteronomy 8:2 · BSB

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Deuteronomy 13:3 · BSB

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Psalm 139:1–24 · BSB

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

Luke 16:15 · BSB

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

2 Corinthians 11:11 · BSB

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

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