Genesis 18:21
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.
Genesis 18:21 in other translations
| BSB | I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.” |
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| WEB | 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.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely--and if not--I know;' |
| DARBY | I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know. |
What does Genesis 18:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 18:16-22
The two who are supposed to have been created angels went toward Sodom. The one who is called Jehovah throughout the chapter, continued with Abraham, and would not hide from him the thing he intended to do. Though God long forbears with sinners, from which they fancy that the Lord does not see, and does not regard; yet when the day of his wrath comes, he will look toward them. The Lord will give Abraham an…
Genesis 18:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 18:21
- Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- Joshua 22:22
The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
- Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
- Deuteronomy 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Genesis 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
- Micah 1:3
For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
- Psalms 139:1-24
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. …
- Exodus 33:5
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:5,7; Ex 3:8; 33:5; Mic 1:3; Joh 6:38; 1Th 4:16
see.
Job 34:22; Ps 90:8; Jer 17:1,10; Zep 1:12; Heb 4:13
I will know.
Ex 33:5; De 8:2; 13:3; Jos 22:22; Ps 139:1-24; Lu 16:15; 2Co 11:11
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Context
- Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- Genesis 18:21
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.
- Genesis 18:22
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Genesis 18:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Descenderé ahora, y veré si han consumado su obra según el clamor que ha venido hasta mí; y si no, saberlo he. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | eh bien, je descendrai, et je verrai s’ils ont fait entièrement selon le cri qui en est venu jusqu’à moi; et sinon, je le saurai. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so will ich doch hinabgehen und sehen, ob sie nach ihrem Geschrei, das vor mich gekommen ist, völlig getan haben; und wenn nicht, so will ichs wissen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Descendam, et videbo utrum clamorem qui venit ad me, opere compleverint; an non est ita, ut sciam. |