Genesis 19:26

In 11 translations

BSB

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

KJV

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

WEB

But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

ASV

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

LSV

And his wife looks from behind him, and she becomes a pillar of salt!

YLT

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is — a pillar of salt!

DBY

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

DRC

And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt.

GNV

Now his wife behind him looked backe, and she became a pillar of salt.

JPS

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

LXXE

And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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WLC

וַתַּבֵּ֥ט אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו וַתְּהִ֖י נְצִ֥יב מֶֽלַח׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ἐγένετο στήλη ἁλός.

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• Luke 17:31–32On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind. Remember Lot’s wife!
• Genesis 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
• Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
• Numbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the…

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