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KJV Lexicon And he said'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) Behold now I have taken upon me ya'al (yaw-al') to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition -- assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, willingly, would. to speak dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue unto the Lord 'Adonay (ad-o-noy') the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) -- (my) Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty `esriym (es-reem') twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth). found matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present there And he said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) I will not destroy shachath (shaw-khath') to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r). it for twenty's `esriym (es-reem') twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth). sake Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." King James Bible And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then he said, "Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose 20 are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it on account of 20." International Standard Version "Look," Abraham said, "I've presumed to speak to my LORD… so what if 20 are found there?" "For the sake of those 20," the LORD responded, "I won't destroy it." NET Bible Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty." GOD'S WORD® Translation "Look now, if I may be so bold as to ask you," Abraham said. "What if 20 are found there?" He answered, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the 20." King James 2000 Bible And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Suppose there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. Links Genesis 18:31Genesis 18:31 NIV Genesis 18:31 NLT Genesis 18:31 ESV Genesis 18:31 NASB Genesis 18:31 KJV |