NET Bible
"that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”"
— Genesis 18:21, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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."”
“I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.”
“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.”
“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.”
After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?