Genesis 18:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—”
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“Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I--dust and ashes;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 18:27 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 18:30Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
- Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 30:19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- 1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
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