Numbers 16:21
What does Numbers 16:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
- Numbers 16:45
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
- Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
- Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
- Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
- Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
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