Genesis 18:31

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

Darby Translation ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for the twenty's sake.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Moreouer he said, Behold, now I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lord, What if twentie be founde there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenties sake.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there will be found there twenty. And he said, I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And he said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.'

King James Version ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

Webster Bible ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Then Abraham said, ‘You see that I have dared to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there?’ He replied, ‘For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Then Abraham said, “You see that I have dared to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there?” He replied, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”

Revised Version ☆

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And he said, Behold, I have done a great thing to speak before the Lord: perhaps twenty shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy for the sake of twenty.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

World English Bible ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

Abraham seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord; what if twenti be foundun there? The Lord seide, Y schal not sle for twenti.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy [it], because of the twenty.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And he said, Hinei now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Hashem: suppose there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for twentyʼs sake.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တစ်​ဖန်​အာ​ဗြ​ဟံ​က``အို ဘု​ရား​ရှင်၊ အ​ကျွန်ုပ် အ​တင့်​ရဲ​၍ ဆက်​လက်​လျှောက်​ဆို​ခြင်း​ကို​ခွင့် လွှတ်​တော်​မူ​ပါ။ အ​ပြစ်​မဲ့​သူ​နှစ်​ဆယ်​မျှ​သာ ရှိ​လျှင် မြို့​ကို​ဖျက်​ဆီး​ပစ်​ဦး​မည်​လော'' ဟု မေး​လျှောက်​ပြန်​၏။ ကိုယ်​တော်​က``အ​ပြစ်​မဲ့​သူ​နှစ်​ဆယ်​ရှိ​လျှင် မြို့ ကို​မ​ဖျက်​ဆီး'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

တဖန်တုံ ၊ အကျွန်ုပ်သည် ထာဝရ ဘုရားကို ယခု လျှောက် မည်ဟု အားထုတ် ပါ၏။ ထို မြို့၌ နှစ် ဆယ်ကို တွေ့ကောင်းတွေ့ တော်မူလိမ့်မည်ဟု လျှောက် ဆိုပြန်လျှင် ၊ နှစ် ဆယ်အတွက် ငါမ ဖျက်ဆီး ဘဲနေမည်ဟု မိန့် တော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Abraham mah, Khenah, vaihi tha ohhaih hoi Angraeng khae lokthuih hanah kam sak; kami pumphaeto hnu khoe doeh om tih, tiah a naa. Anih mah, kami pumphaeto pongah, vangpui kam rosak mak ai, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Tedae Abraham loh, “Boeipa taengah cal ham ka mulmet coeng he. Teah te pakul khaw a hmuh uh khaming,” a ti nah vaengah pakul kong ah ka phae mahpawh,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Tedae Abaraham loh, “Boeipa taengah cal ham ka mulmet coeng he. Teah te pakul khaw a hmuh uh khaming,” a ti nah vaengah pakul kong ah ka phae mahpawh,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

亚伯拉罕说：「我还敢对主说话，假若在那里见有二十个怎么样呢？」他说：「为这二十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

亞伯拉罕說：「我還敢對主說話，假若在那裏見有二十個怎麼樣呢？」他說：「為這二十個的緣故，我也不毀滅那城。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

亚伯拉罕说：“看哪，我还冒昧对主说话。假若在那里找到二十个呢？” 祂说：“为了这二十个的缘故，我也不毁灭它。”

Croatian Bible ☆

“Evo se opet usuđujem govoriti Gospodinu”, nastavi dalje. “Ako ih se slučajno ondje nađe samo dvadeset?” “Neću ga uništiti”, odgovori, “zbog dvadesetorice.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A opět řekl: Aj, nyní počal jsem mluviti ku Pánu svému: Snad se nalezne tam dvadceti? Odpověděl: Nezahladím i pro těch dvadceti.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Men han sagde: “Se, jeg har dristet mig til at tale til min Herre: Måske findes de tyve i den!” Han svarede: “For de tyves Skyld vil jeg lade være at ødelægge den.”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En hij zeide: Zie toch, ik heb mij onderwonden te spreken tot de Heere; misschien zullen er twintig gevonden worden! En Hij zeide: Ik zal haar niet verderven om der twintigen wil.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Hij zeide opnieuw: Zie, ik heb het nu toch al gewaagd, tot mijn Heer te spreken; misschien dat er twintig worden gevonden. Hij sprak: Ik zal ze niet verdelgen om wille van die twintig.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj li diris: Jen mi ekkuraĝis paroli al mia Sinjoro: eble troviĝos dudek? Kaj Li diris: Mi ne pereigos pro la dudek.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et il dit : Voici, j’ai osé parler au Seigneur : Peut-être s’y en trouvera-t-il 20 ? Et il dit : Je ne la détruirai pas, à cause des 20.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et Abraham dit: Voici, je m'enhardis à parler au Seigneur: Peut-être s'en trouvera-t-il vingt? Et il dit: Je ne la détruirai point, pour l'amour de ces vingt.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Abraham dit: Voici, j’ai osé parler au Seigneur. Peut-être s’y trouvera-t-il vingt justes. Et l’Éternel dit: Je ne la détruirai point, à cause de ces vingt.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Il dit : « Voici maintenant, j'ai pris sur moi de parler au Seigneur. Peut-être s'y en trouvera-t-il vingt ? » Il dit : « Je ne la détruirai pas à cause de ces vingt. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und er sprach: Siehe doch, ich habe mich unterwunden, zu dem Herrn zu reden; vielleicht mögen zwanzig daselbst gefunden werden. Und er sprach: Ich will nicht verderben um der zwanzig willen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und er sprach: Ach siehe, ich habe mich unterwunden mit dem Herrn zu reden. Man möchte vielleicht zwanzig darin finden. Er antwortete: Ich will sie nicht verderben um der zwanzig willen.

German Textbibel ☆

Da sprach er: Ach, Herr, ich habe mich unterfangen, zu dir zu reden; vielleicht finden sich nur zwanzig darin. Er antwortete: Ich werde sie nicht zu Grunde richten um der zwanzig willen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und er sprach: Ach siehe, ich habe mich unterwunden, mit meinem Herrn zu reden: Man möchte vielleicht zwanzig darin finden. Er antwortete: Ich will sie nicht verderben, um der zwanzig willen!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπεν· ἐπειδὴ ἔχω λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν κύριον· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπειδὴ ἔχω λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι; καὶ εἶπεν, οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Abraram di. Eskize m' wi, Seyè, si m' penmèt mwen pale toujou. Men, sipoze ou jwenn vin inonsan sèlman? Seyè a reponn li. Si mwen jwenn vin inonsan, m'ap fè pa lavil la.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I aku la oia, Aia hoi, na hoomaka iho nei au e olelo aku i ka Haku: Ina paha ho iwakalua ka poe i loaa ilaila? I mai la kola, aole au o luku aku, ko iwakalua lakou.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּֽה־נָ֤א הֹואַ֙לְתִּי֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔י אוּלַ֛י יִמָּצְא֥וּן שָׁ֖ם עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִ֔ית בַּעֲב֖וּר הֽ͏ָעֶשְׂרִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר הנה נא הואלתי לדבר אל אדני אולי ימצאון שם עשרים ויאמר לא אשחית בעבור העשרים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ed Abrahamo disse: Ecco, ora io ho impreso di parlare al Signore: Forse vi se ne troveranno venti. E il Signore disse: Per amor di que' venti, io non la distruggerò.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E Abrahamo disse: “Ecco, prendo l’ardire di parlare al Signore; forse, vi se ne troveranno venti”. E l’Eterno: “Non la distruggerò per amore dei venti”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼は言った。「見よ、私はあえて主に申し上げます。もしそこに二十人見つかったらどうでしょうか。」 彼は言われた。「その二十人のために、わたしは滅ぼさない。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

아브라함이 또 가로되 `내가 감히 내 주께 고하나이다 거기서 이십인을 찾으시면 어찌 하시려나이까 ?' 가라사대 내가 이십인을 인하여 멸하지 아니하리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Abraham el fahk, “O Leum, nunak munas ke nga siayuk in kusen siyuk nu sum uh. Ac fin pa mwet na longoul koneyukyak we?” El fahk, “Nga ac tia pac kunausla siti sac, nga fin konauk longoul.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quia semel, ait, cœpi loquar ad Dominum meum: quid si ibi inventi fuerint viginti? Ait: Non interficiam propter viginti.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

گفت: «اینک جرات کردم که به خداوندعرض کنم. اگر بیست در آنجا یافت شوند؟» گفت: «به‌خاطر بیست آن را هلاک نکنم.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Ele disse: “Eis que agora me atrevi a falar ao Senhor. E se forem encontrados ali vinte?” Ele disse: “Não a destruirei por amor aos vinte.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E disse: Eis que agora que me empreendi em falar a meu Senhor: talvez se achem ali vinte. Não a destruirei, respondeu, por causa dos vinte.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Iar el a spus: Iată acum, eu cutez să vorbesc Domnului: De ar fi cumva douăzeci găsiţi acolo. Iar el a spus: Nu o voi distruge din cauza a douăzeci.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Авраам а зис: „Ятэ, ам ындрэзнит сэ ворбеск Домнулуй. Поате кэ се вор гэси ын еа нумай доуэзечь де оамень бунь.” Ши Домнул а зис: „Н-о вой нимичи, пентру чей доуэзечь.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Авраам сказал: вот, я решился говорить Владыке: может быть, найдется там двадцать? Он сказал: не истреблю ради двадцати.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Opet reče: Gle sada bih progovorio Gospodu; može biti da će se naći dvadeset. Reče: Neću ih pogubiti za onih dvadeset.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Опет рече: Гле сада бих проговорио Господу; може бити да ће се наћи двадесет. Рече: Нећу их погубити за оних двадесет.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ayûshûla, erhi; «Nashub’icîshomya okushambâza Nnawîrhu: Nkaba hanaciboneka makumi abirhi». Nyamubâho amushuza, erhi; «Ntacishâbe erhi ago makumi abirhi go garhuma».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y dijo: He aquí ahora que he emprendido el hablar á mi Señor: quizá se hallarán allí veinte. No la destruiré, respondió, por amor de los veinte.

Spanish BLL ☆

Abraham dijo: “Me he atrevido a hablarle a mi Señor. ¿Y si se encuentran veinte?” “Por amor a esos veinte, no la destruiré”, le respondió.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y dijo: «He aquí, me he atrevido a hablar a mi Señor: quizá se hallarán allí veinte». Y respondió: «No la destruiré por amor a los veinte».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y él dijo: Mira ahora, me he comprometido a poner mis pensamientos delante del Señor: ¿y si hay veinte allí? Y él dijo: Tendré misericordia por los veinte.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y dijo: En verdad te ruego, al atreverme a hablar a mi ʼAdonay, quizás se hallen allí 20. Y dijo: No destruiré por causa de los 20.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Vakai, kuo u lea ni kia Sihova: Kapau ʻe ʻilo ʻi ai ʻae toko uofulu.” Pea pehē ʻe ia, “E ʻikai te u fakaʻauha ia koeʻuhi ko e toko uofulu ko ia.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І промовив: Оце ж наваживсь говорити до Господа: Коли ж знайдеться таменьки двайцятеро? І рече: Не погублю, коли знайдеться тамо двайцять.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І промовив: Оце ж наваживсь говорити до Господа: Коли ж знайдеться таменьки двайцятеро? І рече: Не погублю, коли знайдеться тамо двайцять.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Aùp-ra-ham thưa rằng: Tôi đây cũng cả gan thưa cùng Chúa: Nếu chỉ có hai mươi người, thì lại làm sao? Ngài rằng: Vì tình thương hai mươi người đó, ta sẽ chẳng diệt thành đâu.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּֽה־נָ֤א הוֹאַ֨לְתִּי֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔י אוּלַ֛י יִמָּצְא֥וּן שָׁ֖ם עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִ֔ית בַּעֲב֖וּר הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים׃