Genesis 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 19:13 in other translations
| BSB | because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.” |
|---|---|
| WEB | for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.” |
| ASV | for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. |
| YLT | for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.' |
| DARBY | For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it. |
| BBE | For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town. |
| Webster | For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. |
What does Genesis 19:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 19:12-13
12-13. Hast thou here any besides? ... we will destroy this place--Apostolic authority has declared Lot was "a righteous man" (2Pe 2:8), at bottom good, though he contented himself with lamenting the sins that he saw, instead of acting on his own convictions, and withdrawing himself and family from such a sink of corruption. But favor was shown him: and even his bad relatives had, for his sake, an offer of…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 19:1-29
Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingered; he trifled. Thus many who are under convictions about their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, defer that needful work. The salvation of the most righteous men is of God's mercy, not by their own merit. We are…
Genesis 19:13 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Genesis 19:13
- Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- Matthew 13:49-50
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
- Revelation 16:1-12
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. …
- Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Romans 3:8-9
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
- Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15-16
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
- Isaiah 36:10
And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
- Psalms 11:5-6
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Genesis 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
- Genesis 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
- Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Genesis 19:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque vamos á destruir este lugar, por cuanto el clamor de ellos ha subido de punto delante de Jehová; por tanto Jehová nos ha enviado para destruirlo. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car nous allons détruire ce lieu, car leur cri est devenu grand devant l’ Éternel; et l’ Éternel nous a envoyés pour le détruire. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn wir wollen diesen Ort verderben, weil ihr Geschrei groß geworden ist vor Jehova; und Jehova hat uns gesandt, die Stadt zu verderben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | delebimus enim locum istum, eo quod increverit clamor eorum coram Domino, qui misit nos ut perdamus illos. |