Back to Genesis 19

Genesis 19:25

He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

  • KJV King James Version

    And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

View more translations →

Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Genesis 19:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 107:34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
  • Genesis 14:3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).
  • Genesis 13:10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

Cross-references from openbible.info (CC BY 4.0)

↑ Top

Explain this verse (11 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all…

Gen 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Ver. 25. And he overthrew, &c.] Some footsteps of this overthrow are to be read of in Solinus and Tacitus. Josephus {a} tells us of the mock-apples of Sodom, and saith, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into the lake of Sodom, the water is so dense.

Read full note →

{a} Lib. v., De Bello, Jud.: - Omne carens vita in profundum mergitur; siquid vivum arte aliqua immerseris super exibit .

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All the plain, to wit, where these cities and…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But his wife looked back from behind him,.... That…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And he overthrew the cities, and all the inhabitants…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. And he overthrew those cities, and all…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 19:25. And he overthrew those cities, and all…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain All the inhabitants, both the body and soul, Jude…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Overthrew those cities… plain… inhabitants… that which grew…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. and he overthrew] The word used is the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) Overthrew.—This does not mean submerged, and the agent…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he overthrew literally, turned over, as a cake";…

↑ Top

Share