Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:22 in other translations
| BSB | Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar. |
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| WEB | Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. |
| ASV | Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. |
| YLT | haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar. |
| DARBY | Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar. |
| BBE | Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar. |
| Webster | Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. |
What does Genesis 19:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 19:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 19:22
- Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
- Genesis 14:2
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
- Exodus 32:10
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Genesis 32:25-28
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Deuteronomy 9:14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
- Mark 6:5
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Psalms 91:1-10
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. …
- Isaiah 65:8
Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
- Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:34
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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Context
- Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
- Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 19:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Date priesa, escápate allá; porque nada podré hacer hasta que allí hayas llegado. Por esto fué llamado el nombre de la ciudad, Zoar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Hâte-toi de te sauver là; car je ne peux rien faire jusqu’à ce que tu y sois entré. C’est pourquoi on a appelé le nom de la ville Tsoar. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Eile, rette dich dorthin; denn ich kann nichts tun, bis du dorthin gekommen bist. Daher hat man der Stadt den Namen Zoar gegeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Festina, et salvare ibi: quia non potero facere quidquam donec ingrediaris illuc. Idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor. |