Genesis 19:13 “because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD…”

Genesis 19:13

because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King 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.

World English Bible

for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”

American Standard Version

for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

Geneva Bible 1599

For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lord, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.

Darby Translation

For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

Young's Literal Translation

for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great [before] the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

Bible in Basic English

For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

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Cross references

“cry”

Genesis 18:20 James 5:4 Genesis 13:13

Genesis 18:20 · BSB

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

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Genesis 13:13 · BSB

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

“Lord hath”

Acts 12:23 Jude 1:7 Revelation 16:1–12 Isaiah 3:11 Isaiah 36:10 Isaiah 37:36

Acts 12:23 · BSB

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Jude 1:7 · BSB

In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation 16:1–12 · BSB

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Isaiah 36:10 · BSB

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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

In context

12Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

14So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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