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Berean Standard Bible

“suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.””

Genesis 18:28

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

World English Bible (WEB)

What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

King James Version (KJV)

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

American Standard Version (ASV)

peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Quizá faltarán de cincuenta justos cinco: ¿destruirás por aquellos cinco toda la ciudad? Y dijo: No la destruiré, si hallare allí cuarenta y cinco.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Supongamos que haya solamente cuarenta y cinco justos, ¿destruirías la ciudad por los cinco que faltan? Y el Señor le dijo: ―Si encontrara en la ciudad cuarenta y cinco justos, no la destruiría.

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