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Genesis 19

Gen. 19:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
rained
matar (Hebrew #4305)
to rain
KJV usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Pronounce: maw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
upon Sodom
Cdom (Hebrew #5467)
burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sed-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to scorch
and upon Gomorrah
`Amorah (Hebrew #6017)
a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gomorrah.
Pronounce: am-o-raw'
Origin: from 6014
brimstone
gophriyth (Hebrew #1614)
properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
KJV usage: brimstone.
Pronounce: gof-reeth'
Origin: probably feminine of 1613
m and fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
from the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
out of heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
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Deut. 29:23• 23{i}that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:{/i} (Deut. 29:23)
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Job 18:15• 15There shall dwell in his tent what [is] not his;{HR}On his dwelling shall sulphur be scattered. (Job 18:15)
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Psa. 11:6• 6He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and brimstone{HR}And a burning tempest—the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
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Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Jer. 49:18• 18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. (Jer. 49:18)
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Jer. 50:40• 40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. (Jer. 50:40)
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Lam. 4:6• 6For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,{HR}That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. (Lam. 4:6)
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Ezek. 16:49• 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (Ezek. 16:49)
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Amos 4:11• 11{i}I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrha{/i}, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:11)
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Zeph. 2:9• 9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. (Zeph. 2:9)
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Matt. 11:23• 23{i}And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.{/i} (Matt. 11:23)
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2 Peter 2:6• 6and reducing to ashes [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he condemned [them] with overthrow, having set an example to those that should live ungodlily, (2 Peter 2:6)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)

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the Lord.
Deut. 29:23• 23{i}that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:{/i} (Deut. 29:23)
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Job 18:15• 15There shall dwell in his tent what [is] not his;{HR}On his dwelling shall sulphur be scattered. (Job 18:15)
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Psa. 11:6• 6He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and brimstone{HR}And a burning tempest—the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
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Isa. 1:9• 9Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have resembled Gomorrha. (Isa. 1:9)
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Isa. 13:19• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's pride, shall be as God's overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrha. (Isa. 13:19)
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Jer. 20:16• 16{i}And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,{/i} (Jer. 20:16)
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Jer. 49:18• 18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. (Jer. 49:18)
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Jer. 50:40• 40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith Jehovah; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. (Jer. 50:40)
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Lam. 4:6• 6For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,{HR}That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. (Lam. 4:6)
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Ezek. 16:49‑50• 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
(Ezek. 16:49‑50)
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Hos. 11:8• 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)
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Amos 4:11• 11{i}I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrha{/i}, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:11)
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Zeph. 2:9• 9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. (Zeph. 2:9)
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Matt. 11:23‑24• 23{i}And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.{/i}
24{i}But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for [the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.{/i}
(Matt. 11:23‑24)
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Luke 17:28‑29• 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]:
(Luke 17:28‑29)
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2 Peter 2:6• 6and reducing to ashes [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he condemned [them] with overthrow, having set an example to those that should live ungodlily, (2 Peter 2:6)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
brimstone.The word rendered "brimstone," (q.d. brennestone, or brinnestone, {id est} burning-stone,) is always rendered by the LXX. "sulphur," and seems to denote a meteorous inflammable matter.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,

W. Kelly Translation

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Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;