Numbers 16:33 Parallel Translations

They went down alive to their graves with everything that belonged to them. The ground covered them, and so they disappeared from the assembly.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

ASV:

So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

BBE:

So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people.

DBY:

And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.

ERV:

So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

JPS:

So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit; and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

WBS:

They, and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

WEB:

So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.

YLT:

and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

Numbers 16:33 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 16:32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.

Numbers 16:34 All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

16:33 Into the pit - Into the earth, which first opened itself to receive them, and then shut itself to destroy them.

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:

Alive Appertained Assembly Belonged Closed Closeth Community Congregation Covered Cut Grave Meeting Midst Owned Perish Perished Pit Sheol Shut Theirs Underworld

Alive Appertained Assembly Belonged Closed Community Congregation Covered Cut Earth Meeting Midst Owned Perished Pit Sheol Shut Theirs Underworld

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