Genesis 18:28
Genesis 18:27-28 The Message (MSG)
Abraham came back, “Do I, a mere mortal made from a handful of dirt, dare open my mouth again to my Master? What if the fifty fall short by five—would you destroy the city because of those missing five?” He said, “I won’t destroy it if there are forty-five.”
Genesis 18:28 King James Version (KJV)
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Genesis 18:28 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Genesis 18:28 New Century Version (NCV)
What if there are only forty-five good people in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five good people?” The LORD said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”
Genesis 18:28 American Standard Version (ASV)
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
Genesis 18:28 New International Version (NIV)
what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28 New King James Version (NKJV)
Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If five of the fifty righteous are lacking, will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find [at least] forty-five [righteous people] there, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28 New Living Translation (NLT)
Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the LORD said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.”
Genesis 18:28 The Passion Translation (TPT)
What if there are only five lacking, and you only find forty-five righteous in Sodom? It’s not who you are to destroy the entire city for lack of five righteous people.” And YAHWEH said, “Alright. If I find forty-five righteous in Sodom, I will spare the whole city.”