Numbers 16:34 Parallel Translations

All the Israelites around them ran away when they heard their screams. They thought the ground would swallow them, too.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

ASV:

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

BBE:

And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.

DBY:

And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!

ERV:

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

JPS:

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.'

WBS:

And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

WEB:

All Israel that were around them fled at the cry of them; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"

YLT:

and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'

Numbers 16:34 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 16:33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Numbers 16:35 Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

16:23-34 The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that accompany salvation. God, in justice, left the rebels to the obstinacy and hardness of their own hearts. Moses, by Divine direction, when all Israel were waiting the event, declares that if the rebels die a common death, he will be content to be called and counted an imposter. As soon as Moses had spoken the word, God caused the earth to open and swallow them all up. The children perished with their parents; in which, though we cannot tell how bad they might be to deserve it, or how good God might be otherwise to them; yet of this we are sure, that Infinite Justice did them no wrong. It was altogether miraculous. God has, when he pleases, strange punishments for the workers of iniquity. It was very significant. Considering how the earth is still in like manner loaded with the weight of man's sins, we have reason to wonder that it does not now sink under its load. The ruin of others should be our warning. Could we, by faith, hear the outcries of those that are gone down to the bottomless pit, we should give more diligence than we do to escape for our lives, lest we also come into their condemnation.

CONC:

Cry Fear Fled Flight Heart Israelites Lest Outcry Round Shouting Swallow Voice

Cries Cry Earth Heart Israel Israelites Outcry Round Shouting Swallow Voice

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