Genesis 18:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 18:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
זַעֲקַ֛ת
zaʻaq
H2201
cry
סְדֹ֥ם
Çᵉdôm
H5467
Sodom
וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה
ʻĂmôrâh
H6017
Gomorrah
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
רָ֑בָּה
rab
H7227
many
וְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔ם
chaṭṭâʼâh
H2403
sin offering
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
כָבְדָ֖ה
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
מְאֹֽד
mᵉʼôd
H3966
exceedingly
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
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King James Version Public Domain
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh said, “Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).