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The Earth Swallows Korah

Numbers 16:33

In 11 translations

BSB
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
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.
WEB
So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.Sheol is the place of the dead.
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.
LSV
and they go down—they and all that they have—alive to Sheol, and the earth closes over them, and they perish from the midst of 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;
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.
DRC
And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.
GNV
So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.
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.
LXXE
And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ הֵ֣ם וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָהֶ֛ם חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וַתְּכַ֤ס עֲלֵיהֶם֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הַקָּהָֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ κατέβησαν αὐτοὶ, καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτῶν ζῶντα εἰς ᾅδου, καὶ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἀπώλοντο ἐκ μέσου τῆς συναγωγῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
  • Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
  • Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
  • Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
  • Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
  • Ezekiel 32:30All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with…
  • Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  • Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  • Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

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