Genesis 19:22 — Compare All Translations

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

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.

English ASV

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English Amplified

Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

English EASY 2024

But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.)

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)

Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there.” Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But hurry! For I can do nothing until you are there." From that time on, that village was known as Zoar.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

English KJV 1611

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English LSB

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

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

Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there." That is why the town is called Zoar.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But run there quickly. I can't do anything until you reach it." The town was named Zoar. Zoar means "small."

English NIV

But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

English NKJ 1982

Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English NLT

But hurry! For I can do nothing until you are there." From that time on, that village was known as Zoar.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there." Therefore the city was called Zoar.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Now, you must hurry. Run to that village, for I can’t do anything until you are there.” (That is why the village was called Zoar.)

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But hurry! For I can do nothing until you are there.“ (From that time on that village was named Zoar, meaning “Little City.“)

English Tyndale 1537

Haste thee, and save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither. And therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Genesis 19:22 — Compare Translations