Genesis 19:17 “As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for yo…”

Genesis 19:17

As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou perish.

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, 'Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

Bible in Basic English

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

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Cross references

“he said”

Genesis 18:22

Genesis 18:22 · BSB

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

“Escape”

Matthew 24:16–18 Genesis 19:22 Matthew 3:7 1 Kings 19:3 Psalm 121:1 1 Samuel 19:11

Matthew 24:16–18 · BSB

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Genesis 19:22 · BSB

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

Matthew 3:7 · BSB

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

1 Kings 19:3 · BSB

And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

Psalm 121:1 · BSB

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

1 Samuel 19:11 · BSB

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

“look”

Luke 9:62 Genesis 19:26 Luke 17:31 Luke 17:32 Philippians 3:13 Philippians 3:14

Luke 9:62 · BSB

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Genesis 19:26 · BSB

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Luke 17:31 · BSB

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Luke 17:32 · BSB

Remember Lot’s wife!

Philippians 3:13 · BSB

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Philippians 3:14 · BSB

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Also

Jeremiah 48:6 Genesis 13:10

Jeremiah 48:6 · BSB

‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert. ’

Genesis 13:10 · BSB

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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

In context

16But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

18But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

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