Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].
KJV
Hebrew original
א֠וּלַי יַחְסְר֞וּ/ן חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים הַ/צַּדִּיקִם֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה הֲ/תַשְׁחִ֥ית בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת כָּל הָ/עִ֑יר וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אַשְׁחִ֔ית אִם אֶמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה
Louis Segond 1910
Peut-être des cinquante justes en manquera-t-il cinq: pour cinq, détruiras-tu toute la ville? Et l'Eternel dit: Je ne la détruirai point, si j'y trouve quarante-cinq justes.
KJV
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].
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