Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein? there. Genesis 18:32 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. Isaiah 1:9 Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha. Jeremiah 5:1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man that executeth judgment, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it. Matthew 7:13,14 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. . . . spare. Acts 27:24 Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Context Abraham Begs for Sodom…23And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? 24If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?25Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.… Cross References Genesis 18:23 And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked? Genesis 18:25 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment. Lexicon What ifאוּלַ֥י (’ū·lay) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps there are יֵ֛שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty righteous צַדִּיקִ֖ם (ṣad·dî·qim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous ones in בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre the city? הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement Will You really הַאַ֤ף (ha·’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though sweep it away תִּסְפֶּה֙ (tis·peh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up and not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no spare תִשָּׂ֣א (ṯiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take the place לַמָּק֔וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition for the sake of לְמַ֛עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent the fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty righteous הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם (haṣ·ṣad·dî·qim) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous ones אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that who are there? בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (bə·qir·bāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center Additional Translations What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it? There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are in it? What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who are in its midst? 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