Genesis 18:24

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What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

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22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

25 May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

26 The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

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Genesis 18:24 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
KJV King James Version: Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
BSB Berean Standard Bible: What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
ASV American Standard Version: Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty — the righteous who [are] in its midst?
DBY Darby Translation: There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?
WBS Webster Bible: Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it?