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Genesis 19:22,24 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 19:22 NIV (New International Version)

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

Genesis 19:24 NIV (New International Version)

Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:22 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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

Genesis 19:24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven.

Genesis 19:22 NLT (New Living Translation)

But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

Genesis 19:24 NLT (New Living Translation)

Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 19:22 CSB (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. 

Genesis 19:24 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Then out of the sky the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the LORD.

Genesis 19:22 KJV (King James Version)

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

Genesis 19:24 KJV (King James Version)

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven

Genesis 19:22 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

Genesis 19:24 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:21-22 MSG (The Message)

“All right, Lot. If you insist. I’ll let you have your way. And I won’t stamp out the town you’ve spotted. But hurry up. Run for it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That’s why the town was called Zoar, that is, Smalltown.

Genesis 19:24-25 MSG (The Message)

Then GOD rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from GOD out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.

Genesis 19:22 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the town was named Zoar.

Genesis 19:24 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven

Genesis 19:22 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there.” For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).

Genesis 19:24 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Then the LORD rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the LORD out of heaven

Genesis 19:22 NET (New English Translation)

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

Genesis 19:24 NET (New English Translation)

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.