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Selected Verse: Genesis 19:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 19:4	Strong Concordance	But before they lay down [07901], the men [0582] of the city [05892], even the men [0582] of Sodom [05467], compassed [05437] the house [01004] round [05437], both old [02205] and young [05288], all the people [05971] from every quarter [07097]:
	King James	But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
men of Sodom, compassed the house--Appalling proofs are here given of their wickedness. It is evident that evil communications had corrupted good manners; otherwise Lot would never have acted as he did.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

men of Sodom, compassed the house--Appalling proofs are here given of their wickedness. It is evident that evil communications had corrupted good manners; otherwise Lot would never have acted as he did.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Here were old and young all from every quarter - The old were not past it, and the young were soon come up to it. Either they had no magistrates to protect the peaceable, or their magistrates were themselves aiding and abetting.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Here were old and young all from every quarter - The old were not past it, and the young were soon come up to it. Either they had no magistrates to protect the peaceable, or their magistrates were themselves aiding and abetting.

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