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 16:33 in other translations
| BSB | They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Numbers 16:33 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 16:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 16:33
- Isaiah 14:9
Hell 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.
- Isaiah 14:15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
- Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Ezekiel 32:30
There 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.
- Psalms 143:7
Hear 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.
- Ezekiel 32:18
Son 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.
- Psalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 55:23
But 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.
- Jude 1:11
Woe 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.
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Context
- 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 16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Numbers 16:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ellos, con todo lo que tenían, descendieron vivos al abismo, y cubriólos la tierra, y perecieron de en medio de la congregación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils descendirent vivants dans le shéol, eux et tout ce qui était à eux; et la terre les couvrit, et ils périrent du milieu de la congrégation. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie fuhren, sie und alles, was ihnen angehörte, lebendig in den Scheol hinab; und die Erde bedeckte sie, und sie wurden mitten aus der Versammlung vertilgt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | descenderuntque vivi in infernum operti humo, et perierunt de medio multitudinis. |