Genesis 18:28 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 18:28 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 →
א֠וּלַי
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יַחְסְר֞וּן
châçêr
H2637
to lack
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים
chămishshîym
H2572
fifty
הַצַּדִּיקִם֙
tsaddîyq
H6662
righteous
חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה
châmêsh
H2568
five
הֲתַשְׁחִ֥ית
shâchath
H7843
to destroy
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה
châmêsh
H2568
five
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעִ֑יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אַשְׁחִ֔ית
shâchath
H7843
to destroy
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
אֶמְצָ֣א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
שָׁ֔ם
shâm
H8033
there
אַרְבָּעִ֖ים
ʼarbâʻîym
H705
forty
וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה
châmêsh
H2568
five
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
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
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King James Version Public Domain
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Suppose the fifty righteous lack five? Will you destroy the whole city because of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).