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The Earth Swallows Korah

Numbers 16:34

In 11 translations

BSB
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
KJV
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
WEB
All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
ASV
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
LSV
and all Israel who [are] around them have fled at their voice, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us”;
YLT
and all Israel who [are] round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'
DBY
And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!
DRC
But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the cry of them that were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also.
GNV
And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.
JPS
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.'
LXXE
And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.Gr. saying.

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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
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם נָ֣סוּ לְקֹלָ֑ם כִּ֣י אָֽמְר֔וּ פֶּן־תִּבְלָעֵ֖נוּ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ οἱ κύκλῳ αὐτῶν ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῶν, ὅτι λέγοντες, μή ποτε καταπίῃ ἡμᾶς ἡ γῆ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on…
  • Numbers 17:12–13Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
  • Isaiah 33:3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
  • Zechariah 14:5You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.

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