Genesis 19:9 KJV
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Old Words
- sojourn to live for a time as a stranger
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Scofield Notes
- And they saidThe world's contempt for a worldly believer.
Matthew Henry
- The destruction of Sodom, and the deliverance of LotLot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for...
Thompson Chains
Cross References
- Exodus 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
- Genesis 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- 1 Samuel 2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
- Proverbs 9:7–8 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. …
- Proverbs 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- Proverbs 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
- Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
- Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Daniel 3:19–22 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. …
- Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Acts 7:26–28 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? …
- 2 Peter 2:7–8 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: …
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Topics
- Angel (a spirit) Execute judgments upon the wicked
- God To Lot, when Sodom was destroyed
- Hospitality Lot to the angel
- Lot Providentially saved from destruction in Sodom
- Miracles The destruction of Sodom
- Obduracy (hardness) Sodomites
- Persecution Of Lot
- Sodom Wickedness of the inhabitants of
- Sodomites Wickedness of
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1996–1821 BC · Abraham
Strong’s Numbers
- And they said אָמַר ʼâmar
- Stand נָגַשׁ nâgash
- back הָלְאָה hâlᵉʼâh
- And they said אָמַר ʼâmar
- This one אֶחָד ʼechâd
- came in בּוֹא bôwʼ
- to sojourn גּוּר gûwr
- and he will needs שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
- be a judge שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
- now will we deal worse רָעַע râʻaʻ
- with thee, than with them. And they pressed פָּצַר pâtsar
- sore מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
- upon the man אִישׁ ʼîysh
- Lot לוֹט Lôwṭ
- and came near נָגַשׁ nâgash
- to break שָׁבַר shâbar
- the door דֶּלֶת deleth
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