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Genesis Chapter 19 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, `even' the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
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BBE Genesis 19:4

But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;
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DARBY Genesis 19:4

Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest -- all the people from every quarter.
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KJV Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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WBT Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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WEB Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
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YLT Genesis 19:4

Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter. i.e. of the town, as in Jeremiah 51:31 (Lange); from the extremity, or extremities, of the town (Kalisch); from the extremities, i.e. all the population contained within the extremities (Rosenmüller); all the citizens to the last man (Keil). The text probably conveys the writer's idea.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) From every quarter.--Heb., from the end. This may mean, either, "to the last man." or "from the very end of the town." In either case it shows that there were not in Sodom the ten righteous men who would have availed to save it (Genesis 18:32).