Genesis 18:21
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I will go down
- This is spoken figuratively; and as the Jewish writers speak, according to the language of men. So eyes, ears, hands, and other members of the body are attributed to God, for effecting those things which men cannot accomplish without these members.
- Genesis 11:5, 7; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 33:5; Micah 1:3; John 6:38; 1 Thessalonians 4:16
- see
- Job 34:22; Psalm 90:8; Jeremiah 17:1, 10; Zephaniah 1:12; Hebrews 4:13
- I will know
- Exodus 33:5; Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 13:3; Joshua 22:22; Psalm 139:1–24; Luke 16:15; 2 Corinthians 11:11