Genesis 19:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 19:26

24 Then the Lord rained ^abrimstone and ^bfire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.

25 So He¹ overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and ^awhat grew on the ground.

26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became ^aa pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where ^ahe had stood before the Lord.

28 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, ^athe smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.

29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God ^aremembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

The Descendants of Lot

30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and ^adwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.

31 Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth ^ato come in to us as is the custom of all the earth.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 19:26

<< Genesis 19:25

Genesis 19:27 >>

American Standard Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Amplified® Bible
But [Lot's] wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Contemporary English Version
On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.

Darby English Version
And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Good News Bible
But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.

King James Version
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

New American Standard Bible
But his wife, from behind him, looked {back,} and she became a pillar of salt.

New International Version
But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

New King James Version
But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Revised Standard Version
But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Young's Literal Translation
And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

New English Translation
But Lot’s¹ wife looked back longingly² and was turned into a pillar of salt.

<< Genesis 19:25

Genesis 19:27 >>