Genesis 19:13

Genesis 19:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
• New International Version (NIV)because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

Context of Genesis 19:13

11Then they struck all the men who were in the doorway of the house, young and old alike, with blindness so that they gave up trying to find the door. 12Then the men asked Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—any in-laws, sons, daughters, or any other relatives in the city? Get them out of here because we’re going to destroy this place. The complaints to the Lord against its people are so loud that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14So Lot went out and spoke to the men engaged to his daughters. He said, “Hurry! Get out of this place, because the Lord is going to destroy the city.” But they thought he was joking. 15As soon as it was dawn, the angels urged Lot by saying, “Quick! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you’ll be swept away when the city is punished.”

Genesis 19:13 word by word

כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For weאֲנַ֫חְנוּ'ănachnû · weH587
• will destroyאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• will destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• because the cry of themצְעָקָהtsa‛ăqâh · cryH6818
• is waxen greatגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• beforeאֵת'êth · withH854
• the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971

Cross-references for Genesis 19:13

• Genesis 13:13(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the Lord.)
• Genesis 18:20The Lord also said, “Sodom and Gomorrah have many complaints against them, and their sin is very serious.
• James 5:4The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.
• 1 Chronicles 21:15God also sent a Messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was destroying it, the Lord reconsidered and changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the destroying Messenger. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord tests righteous people, but he hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.
• Isaiah 3:11How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done will be done to them.
• Isaiah 36:10“Have I come to destroy this country without the Lord on my side? The Lord said to me, ‘Attack this country, and destroy it.’ ”
• Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.
• Ezekiel 9:5Then he said to the others as I was listening, “Follow him throughout the city and kill. Don’t have any compassion, and don’t feel sorry.
• Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send his angels. They will gather everything in his kingdom that causes people to sin and everyone who does evil.
• Acts 12:23Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.
• Romans 3:8Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.
• Jude 1:7What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.
• Revelation 16:1I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Pour the seven bowls of God’s anger over the earth.”

Commentaries on Genesis 19:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-38Verses 1-38 - The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־ gesh -hāl'âh “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37. מואב mô'āb Moab; מאב mē'āb “from a father.” בן־עמי ben -‛amı̂y Ben-ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn Ammon, “of the people.” This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God‘s strange work - strange…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14The two angels who were with the Lord at Mamre (compare 18:2, 22) went on to Sodom. They knew the people there were very wicked. Even though Lot welcomed them, they first chose to stay in the public square instead of going into his house.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. Hast thou here any besides? ... we will destroy this place--Apostolic authority has declared Lot was "a righteous man" (2Pe 2:8), at bottom good, though he contented himself with lamenting the sins that he saw, instead of acting on his own convictions, and withdrawing himself and family from such a sink of corruption. But favor was shown him: and even his bad relatives had, for his sake, an offer of deliverance, which was ridiculed and spurned (2Pe…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 19:13

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Death
• Holy Spirit
• Reprobacy
• Sin
• Sodom
• Sodomites

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Angel
• Cave
• Concerning
• Deal
• Escape
• Lot
• Pillar
• Press
• Remember

Commentaries on Genesis 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings