Genesis 15:16 — Compare Translations

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And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. [Josh. 24:15.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. [Josh. 24:15.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

English EASY 2024

After four generations, your descendants will come back here to Canaan. At that time, I will punish the Amorites because they do very bad things. But the time has not yet arrived that I will punish them.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

After four generations your people will come to this land again and defeat the Amorites. That will happen in the future because the Amorites are not yet guilty enough to lose their land."

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

English KJV 1611

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

English LSB

Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

In the fourth time-span the others shall come back here; the wickedness of the Amorites will not have reached its full measure until then."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Your children's grandchildren will come back here. That is because the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached the point where I must judge them."

English NIV

In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

English NKJ 1982

But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

English NLT

After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And after the fourth generation, your descendants will return here; for then the sin of the Amorites will be ripe for judgment.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

After four generations they will return here to this land; for the wickedness of the Amorite nations living here now will not be ready for punishment until then.“

English Tyndale 1537

and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full.