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.
Numbers 16:32 in other translations
| BSB | and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions. |
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| WEB | The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods. |
| ASV | 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 | and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who are for Korah, and all the goods, |
| DARBY | And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property. |
| BBE | And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods. |
| Webster | And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods. |
What does Numbers 16:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 16:28-34
28-34. Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works--The awful catastrophe of the earthquake which, as predicted by Moses, swallowed up those impious rebels in a living tomb, gave the divine attestation to the mission of Moses and struck the spectators with solemn awe.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 16:23-34
The seventy elders of Israel attend Moses. It is our duty to do what we can to countenance and support lawful authority when it is opposed. And those who would not perish with sinners, must come out from among them, and be separate. It was in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one of the things that…
Numbers 16:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 16:32
- Numbers 26:11
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
- Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- Revelation 12:16
And 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 6:22
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
- Isaiah 5:14
Therefore 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.
- Numbers 27:3
Our 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 16:17
And 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.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 11:6
And 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:
- Psalms 88:1
A 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:
- Psalms 85:1
To 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.
- Psalms 84:1
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
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Context
- Numbers 16:31
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:
- 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.
- 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.
Numbers 16:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y abrió la tierra su boca, y tragólos á ellos, y á sus casas, y á todos los hombres de Coré, y á toda su hacienda. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et la terre ouvrit sa bouche, et les engloutit, eux et leurs maisons, et tous les hommes qui étaient à Coré, et tout leur avoir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und die Erde tat ihren Mund auf und verschlang sie und ihre Familien und alle Menschen, die Korah angehörten, und die ganze Habe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et aperiens os suum, devoravit illos cum tabernaculis suis et universa substantia eorum, |