KJV King James Version
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 16:30
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
WEB World English Bible
But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
ASV American Standard Version
But 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol—then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 16
27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own mind.
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; [then] the LORD hath not sent me.
30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that [was] under them:
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that [appertained] unto Korah, and all [their] goods.
33 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִם־H518 · imifבְּרִיאָ֞הH1278 · be.ri.ahcreationיִבְרָ֣אH1254 · ba.rato createיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוּפָצְתָ֨הH6475 · pa.tsahto openהָאֲדָמָ֤הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פִּ֙יהָ֙H6310 · pehlipוּבָלְעָ֤הH1104 · ba.lato swallow upאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלָהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemוְיָרְד֥וּH3381 · ya.radto go downחַיִּ֖יםH2416 · chayaliveשְׁאֹ֑לָהH7585 · she.olhell: Sheolוִֽידַעְתֶּ֕םH3045 · ya.dato knowכִּ֧יH3588 · kiforנִֽאֲצ֛וּH5006 · na.atsto spurnהָאֲנָשִׁ֥יםH582 · e.noshhumanהָאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Psalm 55:15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.Numbers 16:33They, 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.Job 31:3[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?Isaiah 28:21For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.Isaiah 45:12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.Jeremiah 31:22How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
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