Genesis 13:13
New International Version
Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

New Living Translation
But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.

English Standard Version
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

King James Bible
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

New King James Version
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the LORD.

NASB 1995
Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.

NASB 1977
Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the men of Sodom were evil and sinners, exceedingly so, against Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the LORD [unashamed in their open sin before Him].

Christian Standard Bible
(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the LORD.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against the LORD.

American Standard Version
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And men of Sadom were evil and great sinners before LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

Contemporary English Version
where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.

English Revised Version
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(The people who lived in Sodom were very wicked. They committed terrible sins against the LORD.)

Good News Translation
whose people were wicked and sinned against the LORD.

International Standard Version
Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.

Literal Standard Version
and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.

Majority Standard Bible
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

New American Bible
Now the inhabitants of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

NET Bible
(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)

New Revised Standard Version
Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
Now the people of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against God.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly.

World English Bible
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
and the men of Sodom are evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

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Context
Lot Proceeds Toward Sodom
12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Cross References
2 Peter 2:7
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

2 Peter 2:8
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--

Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Genesis 19:4
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

Genesis 39:9
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?"

Numbers 32:23
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD--and be assured that your sin will find you out.

Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.


Treasury of Scripture

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

But the.

Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

before.

Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

Genesis 38:7
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

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Genesis 13
1. Abram and Lot return with great riches out of Egypt.
6. Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen and those of Lot.
8. Abram allows Lot to choose his part of the country,
10. and Lot goes toward Sodom.
14. God renews his promise to Abram.
18. He moves to Hebron, and there builds an altar.














Verse 13. - But (literally, and) the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners their wickedness is more specifically detailed in Genesis 19, q.v.) - before the Lord - literally, to Jehovah = before the face of Jehovah; ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ (LXX.), vide Genesis 10:9; an aggravation of the wickedness of the Sodomites - exceedingly. Their vileness was restrained neither in quantity nor quality. As it passed all height in arrogance., so it burst all bounds in prevalence.

CHAPTER 13:14-18

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the men
וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (wə·’an·šê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Sodom
סְדֹ֔ם (sə·ḏōm)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

were wicked,
רָעִ֖ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

sinning
וְחַטָּאִ֑ים (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2400: A criminal, one accounted guilty

greatly
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

against the LORD.
לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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