Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
Parallel translations
- KJV But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
- BSB Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
- NKJV But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also?
- NASB Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though blameless?
- NLT But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
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- 2 Sam 4:11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
- Gen 18:23–25Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
- 1 Chr 21:17David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
- Gen 19:24Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
- Gen 20:17–18Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
- Gen 20:6God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.
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