Genesis 18:30 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?` and He saith, `I do [it] not, if I find there thirty.`

English ASV

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

English Amplified

Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.

English EASY 2024

Then Abraham said, ‘Please do not be angry, Lord. Let me speak again. What will you do if there are only 30 good people there?’ The Lord answered, ‘I will not destroy the city if I find 30 good people there.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then Abraham said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me, but let me ask you this. If only thirty good people are in the city, will you destroy it?" The Lord said, "If I find thirty good people there, I will not destroy the city."

Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Abraham said, “Please don't be angry, Lord, but I must speak again. What if there are only thirty?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

"Please don't be angry, my Lord," Abraham pleaded. "Let me speak—suppose only thirty are found?" And the Lord replied, "I will not destroy it if there are thirty."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then he said, "Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak further. Suppose 30 are found there?" He answered, "I will not do [it] if I find 30 there."

English KJV 1611

And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

English LSB

Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then he said to Him, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose there will be thirty found there?” Again He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

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

Then he said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will forebear doing it if I can find but thirty there."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then Abraham said, "Lord, don't let your anger burn against me. Let me speak. What if only 30 can be found there?" He answered, "If there are 30, I will not do it."

English NIV

Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

English NKJ 1982

Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

English NLT

"Please don't be angry, my Lord," Abraham pleaded. "Let me speak--suppose only thirty are found?" And the LORD replied, "I will not destroy it if there are thirty."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then he said, "Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Abraham paused —then he said, “Lord, please don’t be offended with me, and let me speak . . . What if there are only thirty?” Yahweh answered, “Alright. If I find only thirty, I will spare the city.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Please don't be angry,“ Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak: suppose only thirty are found there?“ And God replied, “I won't do it if there are thirty there.“

English Tyndale 1537

And he said: O let not my Lord(LORde) be angry, that I speak. What if there be found thirty there? And he said: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.