Genesis 19:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
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BSBPD
“But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is--a pillar of salt!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 19:26 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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!”
- 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 Israelites.”
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Luke 17:31On 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.
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
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