Genesis 19:24

24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Genesis 19:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
ESV
24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
NLT
24 Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
MSG
24 Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah - a river of lava from God out of the sky! -
CSB
24 Then the Lord rained burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of the sky.

Genesis 19:24 In-Context

22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar. )
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land.
24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Job 18:15; Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 34:9; Ezekiel 38:22
  • 2. Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Amos 4:11
  • 3. S Genesis 18:17; S Leviticus 10:2; S Matthew 10:15; Luke 17:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 7
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