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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אולי יחסרון חמשים הצדיקם חמשה--התשחית בחמשה את כל העיר ויאמר לא אשחית אם אמצא שם ארבעים וחמשה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
Avly yKHsrvn KHmSHym hTSdyqm KHmSHh--htSHKHyt bKHmSHh At kl h`yr vyAmr lA ASHKHyt Am AmTSA SHm Arb`ym vKHmSHh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quid si minus quinquaginta iustis quinque fuerint delebis propter quinque universam urbem et ait non delebo si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
New King James Version   
Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.”
21st Century King James Version   
Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
Darby Bible Translation   
Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
God's Word   
what if there are 45 innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of 5 fewer people?" The LORD answered, "I will not destroy it if I find 45 there."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
suppose the 50 righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find 45 there."
International Standard Version   
What if there are five less than 50 righteous ones? Will you bring destruction upon the city because of those five?" The LORD said, "I won't destroy it if I find 45 there."
NET Bible   
what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
New American Standard Bible   
"Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."
New International Version   
what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?" "If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."
New Living Translation   
Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And the LORD said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there."
Webster's Bible Translation   
Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
The World English Bible   
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
EasyEnglish Bible   
But let me ask you this. What will you do if there are 45 good people in the city? Will you destroy the city, because there are only five fewer good people there?’ The Lord replied, ‘If I see that there are 45 good people in the city, I will not destroy it.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy [it] not, if I find there forty and five.'
New Life Version   
What if five of the fifty good people are not so good. Will You destroy the whole city because of five?” The Lord said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five good people there.”
The Voice Bible   
What if the city lacked 5 of those 50 right-living people? What then? Would You destroy the entire city because it lacked those 5? Eternal One: I won’t destroy the city if I find 45 good and true people there.
Living Bible   
Suppose there are only forty-five? Will you destroy the city for lack of five?” And God said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five.”
New Catholic Bible   
What if there are five fewer than fifty righteous people, will you destroy the entire city because of those five?” He answered, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.
Christian Standard Bible   
suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
If five of the fifty righteous should be lacking—will You destroy the whole city for lack of five? He said, If I find forty-five, I will not destroy it.
New Century Version   
What if there are only forty-five good people in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five good people?” The Lord said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”
The Message   
Abraham came back, “Do I, a mere mortal made from a handful of dirt, dare open my mouth again to my Master? What if the fifty fall short by five—would you destroy the city because of those missing five?” He said, “I won’t destroy it if there are forty-five.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
What if there are five fewer than fifty righteous? Will you destroy the entire city if the number is five short?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Good News Translation®   
But perhaps there will be only forty-five innocent people instead of fifty. Will you destroy the whole city because there are five too few?” The Lord answered, “I will not destroy the city if I find forty-five innocent people.”
Wycliffe Bible   
what if less than fifty just men by five be, shalt thou do away all the city for five and forty? And the Lord said, I shall not do away, if I shall find five and forty there. (what if there be five less than fifty righteous people there, shalt thou do away all the city for forty-five? And the Lord said, I shall not do them all away, if I shall find forty-five righteous people there.)
Contemporary English Version   
But suppose there are only 45 good people in Sodom. Would you still wipe out the whole city?” “If I find 45 good people,” the Lord replied, “I won't destroy the city.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?’ And he said, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
what if there are five fewer innocent people than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city over just five?” The Lord said, “If I find forty-five there, I won’t destroy it.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
If five of the fifty righteous are lacking, will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find [at least] forty-five [righteous people] there, I will not destroy it.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
What if there are five less than fifty righteous people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?” I will not destroy it, he answered, if I find forty-five there.
New American Standard Bible   
Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the entire city because of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
The Expanded Bible   
What if ·there are only forty-five good people [L five of the fifty righteous are lacking] in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five ·good people [righteous]?” The Lord said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy the city.”
Tree of Life Version   
Suppose the fifty righteous people are lacking five. Will You destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
Revised Standard Version   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New International Reader's Version   
What if the number of godly people is five fewer than 50? Will you destroy the whole city because there are five fewer people?” “If I find 45 there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
BRG Bible   
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Complete Jewish Bible   
What if there are five less than fifty righteous?” He said, “I won’t destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?’ And he said, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty tzaddikim; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And He said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Names of God Bible   
what if there are 45 innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of 5 fewer people?” Yahweh answered, “I will not destroy it if I find 45 there.”
Modern English Version   
Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous. Will You destroy all the city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
What if there are five less than fifty? Will you destroy a whole city because of just five people?” The Lord said, “If I find forty-five good people there, I will not destroy the city.”
International Children’s Bible   
What if there are only 45 good people in the city? Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of 5 good people?” The Lord said, “If I find 45 good people there, I will not destroy the city.”
Lexham English Bible   
Perhaps the fifty righteous are lacking five—will you destroy the whole city on account of the five?” And he answered, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
New International Version - UK   
what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?’ ‘If I find forty-five there,’ he said, ‘I will not destroy it.’