Parallel Translations
Christian Standard Bible®
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed
King James Version (1611)
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, & destroyed them all:
King James Version
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
English Standard Version
but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—
New American Standard Bible
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
New Century Version
But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
Amplified Bible
but on the [very] day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone (burning sulfur) from heaven and destroyed them all.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Legacy Standard Bible
but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Berean Standard Bible
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Contemporary English Version
But on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed everyone.
Complete Jewish Bible
but the day Lot left S'dom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Darby Translation
but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:
Easy-to-Read Version
They were doing these things even on the day when Lot left town. Then fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.
George Lamsa Translation
But in the day when Lot went out of Sodom, the Lord sent down a rain of fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Good News Translation
On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all.
Lexham English Bible
But on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.
Literal Translation
but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from the heaven and destroyed all.
American Standard Version
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
Bible in Basic English
But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.
Hebrew Names Version
but in the day that Lot went out from Sedom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
International Standard Version
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed all of them.Genesis 19:16,24;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
but in the day that Lut went forth from Sadum, the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Murdock Translation
But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, the Lord rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.
English Revised Version
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
World English Bible
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Weymouth's New Testament
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the Lord reynede fier and brymstoon fro heuene, and loste alle.
Update Bible Version
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
Webster's Bible Translation
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all:
New English Translation
but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
New King James Version
but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
New Living Translation
until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
New Life Bible
But the day Lot left the city of Sodom, fire and sulphur came down from heaven like rain. It killed all the people of Sodom.
New Revised Standard
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Revised Standard Version
but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all--
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And even the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom it rayned fyre and brymstone from heven and destroyed them all.
Young's Literal Translation
and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But euen the same daye that Lot wente out of Sodom, it rayned fyre and brymstone from heaue, and destroyed them all.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but the very day that Lot went out of Sodom, a storm of lightning and thunder fell from heaven and destroy'd them all.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They didn't even notice the day Lot left Sodom and fire and brimstone rained down and destroyed everyone.
Contextual Overview
20Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." 22He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body." 25A Kernel of Faith He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time! "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him. Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, ‘I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him." The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith." But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no ‘more' or ‘less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it. "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, ‘Sit down and eat'? Wouldn't you be more likely to say, ‘Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him? It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, ‘The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you." Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. 26"The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. 28"It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. 31"When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. 34"On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body." 36A Kernel of Faith He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on! Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time! "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him. Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, ‘I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him." The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith." But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no ‘more' or ‘less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it. "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, ‘Sit down and eat'? Wouldn't you be more likely to say, ‘Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him? It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, ‘The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you." Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!' or, ‘There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you." He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing. And they'll say to you, ‘Look over there!' or, ‘Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense. The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man. But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today. "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away. "It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp. That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed. "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Remember what happened to Lot's wife! If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms. "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left. Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left." 37 Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 19:16-25, Deuteronomy 29:23-25, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 50:40, Hosea 11:8, Amos 4:11, Zephaniah 2:9, Matthew 11:23, Matthew 11:24, 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7, Revelation 11:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:17 - and he Genesis 19:24 - the Lord Job 21:13 - They Job 22:20 - the fire Psalms 11:6 - Upon Isaiah 34:9 - General Jeremiah 20:16 - as Revelation 20:9 - and fire
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But the same day Lot went out of Sodom,.... Being plucked and brought from thence by the angels early in the morning; and a fine morning it was; the sun was risen, and shone out upon the earth, as Lot got into Zoar, Genesis 19:15. "The Jews" i say it was the sixteenth day of Nisan:
it rained fire and brimstone from heaven; the Syriac version reads, "the Lord rained"; so it is said in Genesis 19:24 "the Lord rained from the Lord"; Jehovah the Son, rained from Jehovah the Father; or the word of the Lord, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem render it; and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ: and the Persic version here reads, "God rained"; and so this amazing shower of fire and brimstone, and which was a violent storm of thunder and lightning, is ascribed to God in
Genesis 19:24- :. The Hebrew word, גפרית, used in
Genesis 19:24 though it is rendered in the Targum of Jonathan,
כבריתא, and by the Septuagint, θειον; both which words signify "sulphur", or brimstone; and which last word is used here, following the Greek version; yet it is observed, by some learned men, that it rather signifies "pitch", or "rosin", which proceeds from some sort of trees; and indeed, by its derivation, it seems to signify something belonging to or that comes out of the wood of Gopher, of which the ark was made, Genesis 6:14 which some think to be the pine tree, from whence comes pitch: and this, though it comes from the inside of a tree, may as well be said to be rained from heaven, as brimstone, which is taken out of the bowels of the earth: and the rather, since pitch is sometimes fluid; and especially it being combustible, may be joined with fire, as well as sulphur, or brimstone; though a shower of neither, can be accounted for in an ordinary way, but must be extraordinary and miraculous: the destruction of this city, with others, by fire from heaven, and the lake Asphaltites, being a bituminous and sulphureous one, into which the tract of land they stood upon was converted, are confirmed by the testimonies of Heathen writers; as Tacitus k, Solinus l, Strabo m, Justin n, and Pliny o; as well as by Josephus p, and Philo the Jew q.
And destroyed them all; all the inhabitants of Sodom, and all of Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim; and which was an ensample of the destruction of Jerusalem, and the land of Judea. Deuteronomy 29:23 and of the burning of the world, and of the perdition of the wicked in hell, 2 Peter 2:6.
i Bereshit Rabba, sect. 50. fol. 45. 3. k Hist. l. 5. l Polyhistor. c. 48. m Geograph. l. 16. n Histor. l. 36. c. 3. o Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 16. p Antiqu. l. 1. c. 11. sect. 4. & de Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 21. q De Vita Mosis, l. 2. p. 662.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They did eat ... - They were busy in the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen.
The same day ... - See Genesis 19:23-25. “It rained.” The word here used “might” have been rendered “he” rained. In Genesis it is said that the “Lord” did it.
Fire and brimstone - God destroyed Sodom on account of its great wickedness. He took vengeance on it for its sins; and the example of Sodom is set before people to deter them from committing great transgressions, and as a “full proof” that God will punish the guilty. See Jude 1:7; also Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:14. Yet, in overthrowing it, he used natural means. He is not to be supposed to have “created” fire and brimstone for the occasion, but to have “directed” the natural means at his disposal for their overthrow; as he did not “create” the waters to drown the world, but merely broke up the fountains of the great deep and opened the windows of heaven. Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim Deuteronomy 29:23, were four great cities, on a plain where is now the Dead Sea, at the southeast of Palestine, and into which the river Jordan flows. They were built on ground which abounded, doubtless, as all that region now does, in “bitumen or naphtha,” which is easily kindled, and which burns with great intensity. The phrase “fire and brimstone” is a Hebrew form of expression, denoting sulphurous fire, or fire having the smell of sulphur; and may denote a volcanic eruption, or any burning like that of naphtha. There is no improbability in supposing either that this destruction was accomplished by lightning, which ignited the naphtha, or that it was a volcanic eruption, which, by direction of God, overthrew the wicked cities.
From heaven - By command of God, or from the sky. To the people of Sodom it had “the appearance” of coming from heaven, as all volcanic eruptions would have. Hundreds of towns have been overthrown in this way, and all by the agency of God. He rules the elements, and makes them his instruments, at his pleasure, in accomplishing the destruction of the wicked.
Luke 17:30
Even thus ... - Destruction came upon the old world, and upon Sodom, “suddenly;” when they were engaged in other things, and little expecting this. “So” suddenly and unexpectedly, says he, shall destruction come upon the Jewish people. See the notes at Matthew 24:0.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. It rained fire and brimstone — Instead of it rained, Genesis 19:24 justifies the insertion of the pronoun he, as implied in the verb εβρεξε; for it is there said that Jehovah rained fire and brimstone from Jehovah out of heaven.
