KJV King James Version
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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Numbers 16:33
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּH3381 · ya.radto go downהֵ֣םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)וְכָל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichלָהֶ֛םH9038 · hemthemחַיִּ֖יםH2416 · chayaliveשְׁאֹ֑לָהH7585 · she.olhell: Sheolוַתְּכַ֤סH3680 · ka.sahto coverעֲלֵיהֶם֙H5921 · aluponהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַיֹּאבְד֖וּH6 · a.vadto perishמִתּ֥וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהַקָּהָֽל׃H6951 · qa.halassembly
Cross-references
Psalm 69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.Jude 1:11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.Isaiah 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Ezekiel 32:30There [be] the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.Isaiah 14:15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.Psalm 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.Psalm 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.Ezekiel 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, [even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
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