Genesis 18:25 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 18:25 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 →
חָלִ֨לָה
châlîylâh
H2486
God forbid
לְּךָ֜
מֵעֲשֹׂ֣ת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
כַּדָּבָ֣ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַזֶּ֗ה
zeh
H2088
this
לְהָמִ֤ית
mûwth
H4191
to die
צַדִּיק֙
tsaddîyq
H6662
righteous
עִם
ʻim
H5973
with
רָשָׁ֔ע
râshâʻ
H7563
wicked
וְהָיָ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כַצַּדִּ֖יק
tsaddîyq
H6662
righteous
כָּרָשָׁ֑ע
râshâʻ
H7563
wicked
חָלִ֣לָה
châlîylâh
H2486
God forbid
לָּ֔ךְ
הֲשֹׁפֵט֙
shâphaṭ
H8199
to judge
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
מִשְׁפָּֽט
mishpâṭ
H4941
judgment
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
Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
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King James Version Public Domain
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Far be it from you to do something like that, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous are like the wicked! Far be it from you! Will the one who judges all the earth not do justice?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).