Numbers 16:12
What does Numbers 16:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
Context
v.11Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
v.12This passage
v.13is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 3:5
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
- 1 Peter 2:13
Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
- Jude 1:8
Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.
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