Genesis 19:22
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
In context
20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
21 “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Genesis 19:22 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- KJV King James Version
- Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- WEB World English Bible
- Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.