Genesis 19:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)

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.”)

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

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

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

NASB 1995
"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

NASB 1977
“Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

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).

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.

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

Contemporary English Version
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there." (The city is named Zoar [Small].)

International Standard Version
Hurry up and flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get to that town." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

NET Bible
Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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.

King James 2000 Bible
Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

New Heart English Bible
Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

World English Bible
Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

American King James Version
Haste you, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till you be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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

A Faithful Version
Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Haste thee, saue thee there: for I can doe nothing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the citie was called Zoar.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Haste thee, and be saued there: for I can do nothyng tyl thou be come thyther, and therfore the name of the citie is Soar.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Haist the, and saue thy self there: for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither. Therfore is the cite called Zoar.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Haste the ad saue thy selfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder. And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until your entering there”; therefore he calls the name of the city Zoar.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
Hasten, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do the word till thy coming there: for this the name of the city was called Zoar.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Escape there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you enter there”; because of this, he called the name of the city, Tsaar.

Lamsa Bible
Make haste and escape there; for I cannot do anything till you enter into it. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hasten thou, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.'--Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.
















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