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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
מהר המלט שמה כי לא אוכל לעשות דבר עד באך שמה על כן קרא שם העיר צוער
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
mhr hmlt SHmh ky lA Avkl l`SHvt dbr `d bAk SHmh `l kn qrA SHm h`yr TSv`r

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
festina et salvare ibi quia non potero facere quicquam donec ingrediaris illuc idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Haste you, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till you be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Haste you, escape there for I cannot do anything till you are come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
New King James Version   
Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
21st Century King James Version   
Hasten thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Darby Bible Translation   
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
God's Word   
Run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there." (The city is named Zoar [Small].)
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.
International Standard Version   
Hurry up and flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get to that town." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.
NET Bible   
Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
New American Standard Bible   
"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.
New International Version   
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.)
New Living Translation   
But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there." (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means "little place.")
Webster's Bible Translation   
Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
The World English Bible   
Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
EasyEnglish Bible   
But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.)
Young‘s Literal Translation   
haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.
New Life Version   
Hurry and run there. For I cannot do anything until you get there.” So the name given to the town was Zoar.
The Voice Bible   
But hurry now; escape there, because I can’t do anything until you arrive there safely! Because of this, the little city Lot escaped to was called Zoar, which means, “little.”
Living Bible   
But hurry! For I can do nothing until you are there.” (From that time on that village was named Zoar, meaning “Little City.”)
New Catholic Bible   
Hurry, flee there because I cannot do anything until you have arrived.” For this reason the city is called Zoar.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Make thee haste, escape there; for I cannot do anything until thou hast arrived there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Christian Standard Bible   
Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].
New Century Version   
But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
The Message   
“All right, Lot. If you insist. I’ll let you have your way. And I won’t stamp out the town you’ve spotted. But hurry up. Run for it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That’s why the town was called Zoar, that is, Smalltown.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Hurry, flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get there.” So the city was named Zoar.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.
Good News Translation®   
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there.” Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.
Wycliffe Bible   
haste thee, and be thou saved there, for I may not do anything till thou enter [in] thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Zoar. (haste thee, and be thou made safe there, for I shall not do anything until thou hast entered in there. And so that is why that city was called Zoar, or Small.)
Contemporary English Version   
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.” The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zo′ar.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.’ Therefore the city was called Zoar.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Hurry! Escape to it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That is why the name of the city is Zoar.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there.” For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” That is why the town is called Zoar.
New American Standard Bible   
Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the town was named Zoar.
The Expanded Bible   
But run there fast, because I cannot ·destroy Sodom [L do anything] until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little [C Zoar sounds like the Hebrew word for “little”].)
Tree of Life Version   
Hurry! Flee to safety there, because I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This is why the town is named Zoar.)
Revised Standard Version   
Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zo′ar.
New International Reader's Version   
But run there quickly. I can’t do anything until you reach it.” The town was named Zoar. Zoar means Small.
BRG Bible   
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Hurry, and escape to that place, because I can’t do anything until you arrive there.” For this reason the city was named Tzo‘ar [small].
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.’ Therefore the city was called Zoar.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Haste thee, flee to escape there; for I cannot do anything till thou arrive there. Therefore the shem of the Ir was called Tzoar [sounds like mitzar].
Names of God Bible   
Run there quickly, because I can’t do anything until you get there.” (The city is named Zoar [Small].)
Modern English Version   
Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Easy-to-Read Version   
But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)
International Children’s Bible   
But run there fast. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
Lexham English Bible   
Escape there quickly, for I cannot do this thing until you get there.” Therefore, there name of the city was called Zoar.
New International Version - UK   
But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.’ (That is why the town was called Zoar.)