Catholic Public Domain Version
"And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious? "
— Genesis 18:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? ”
“Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?”
“Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?”
“And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?”
“And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?”
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?”
And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous.
I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know.”
And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord.
And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious?
If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it?
Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
And the Lord said to him, “If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them.”