Genesis Chapter 19 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 19:25

and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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BBE Genesis 19:25

And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.
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DARBY Genesis 19:25

and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.
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KJV Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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WBT Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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WEB Genesis 19:25

He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
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YLT Genesis 19:25

and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And he overthrew - literally, turned over, as a cake'; whence utterly destroyed (cf. Deuteronomy 29:23; κατέστρεψε, LXX.; subvertit, Vulgate). In Arabic "the overthrown' is a title applied, κατ ἐξοχὴν, to Sodom and Gomorrah (Gesenius). From the use of the expression καταστροφή (2 Peter 2:6), Wordsworth thinks an earthquake may have accompanied the burning - those cities, - that they were submerged as well as overthrown (Josephus) is a doubtful inference from Genesis 14:3 (vide infra, Ver. 28, on the site of cities of the plain). The archaic הָאל is again employed (cf. Genesis 19:8) - and all the plain, - kikkar, circle or district (Genesis 13:10) - and all the inhabitants of the cities, - a proof of their entire corruption (Genesis 18:32) - and that which grew upon the ground - literally, that which sprouts forth from the ground, the produce of the soil; thus converting "a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein" (Psalm 107:34).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Overthrew.--This does not mean submerged, and the agent in the destruction was fire and not water. "The plain" (Heb., the Ciccar) still existed, and when Abraham saw it, was wrapped in smoke.