Lot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
- BSB But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
- NKJV Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!
- NASB But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!
- NLT “Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Isa 45:11Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
- Acts 10:14But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
- 2 Kgs 5:11–12But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’
- Acts 9:13But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
- Gen 32:26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
- John 13:6–8Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
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