Numbers 16:29-31
King James Version
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
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.
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:
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Numbers 16:29-31
New King James Version
29 If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are (A)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates (B)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (C)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
31 (D)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,
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Numbers 16:29-31
English Standard Version
29 If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, (A)then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates something new, and (B)the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (C)go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
31 (D)And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
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Numbers 16:29-31
New American Standard Bible
29 If these men die [a]the death of all mankind, or [b]if they suffer the (A)fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But (B)if the Lord [c]brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they (C)descend alive into [d]Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the Lord.”
31 And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;
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- Numbers 16:29 Lit like the death
- Numbers 16:29 Lit the visitation of all men is visited upon them
- Numbers 16:30 Lit creates
- Numbers 16:30 I.e., the netherworld
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