Genesis 19:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 19:1 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 →
וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
שְׁנֵ֨י
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
הַמַּלְאָכִ֤ים
mălʼâk
H4397
messenger
סְדֹ֨מָה֙
Çᵉdôm
H5467
Sodom
בָּעֶ֔רֶב
ʻereb
H6153
evening
וְל֖וֹט
Lôwṭ
H3876
Lot
יֹשֵׁ֣ב
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
בְּשַֽׁעַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
סְדֹ֑ם
Çᵉdôm
H5467
Sodom
וַיַּרְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
לוֹט֙
Lôwṭ
H3876
Lot
וַיָּ֣קָם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
לִקְרָאתָ֔ם
qirʼâh
H7125
to meet
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
אַפַּ֖יִם
ʼaph
H639
nose
אָֽרְצָה
ʼerets
H776
land
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
The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
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King James Version Public Domain
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and he got up to meet them and bowed down nose to the ground.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).