KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 16:32
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
WEB World English Bible
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all their goods.
ASV American Standard Version
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods,
Surrounding context — Numbers 16
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.
34 And all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].
35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתִּפְתַּ֤חH6605 · pa.tachto openהָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פִּ֔יהָH6310 · pehlipוַתִּבְלַ֥עH1104 · ba.lato swallow upאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בָּתֵּיהֶ֑םH1004 · betplaceוְאֵ֤תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָדָם֙H120 · a.dammanאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלְקֹ֔רַחH7141 · qo.rachKorahוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהָרֲכֽוּשׁ׃H7399 · re.khushproperty
Cross-references
Psalm 106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.Numbers 26:11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.1 Chronicles 6:22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Psalm 88:1A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:Psalm 84:1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!Psalm 85:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.1 Chronicles 6:37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,Deuteronomy 11:6And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:Numbers 27:3Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.Numbers 16:30But 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.Numbers 16:17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each [of you] his censer.Genesis 4:11And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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