Numbers 16:31
What does Numbers 16:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 16:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which <FI>is<Fi> under them cleaveth,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
Context
v.30But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
v.31This passage
v.32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 26:10
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
- Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- Deuteronomy 11:6
and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
- Numbers 27:3
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
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