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 16:34 in other translations
| BSB | At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, ‘Lest the earth swallow us;' |
| DARBY | And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up! |
| BBE | And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth. |
| Webster | And all Israel that were round about them, fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. |
What does Numbers 16:34 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 16:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 16:34
- Numbers 17:12-13
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
- Zechariah 14:5
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
- Isaiah 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
- Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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Isa 33:3; Zec 14:5; Re 6:15-17
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17:12,13
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Context
- 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 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Numbers 16:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo Israel, los que estaban en derredor de ellos, huyeron al grito de ellos; porque decían: No nos trague también la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout Israël qui était autour d’eux s’enfuit à leur cri; car ils disaient:… De peur que la terre ne nous engloutisse! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ganz Israel, das rings um sie her war, floh bei ihrem Geschrei; denn sie sprachen: Daß die Erde uns nicht verschlinge! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At vero omnis Israël, qui stabat per gyrum, fugit ad clamorem pereuntium, dicens: Ne forte et nos terra deglutiat. |