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Numbers 16:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 16:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 if these die an ordinary death, merely suffering the fate common to all humanity, the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord makes a chasm, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with all belonging to them, and they go down alive to Sheol,[a] then you will know that these men have spurned the Lord.” 31 (A)No sooner had he finished saying all this than the ground beneath them split open,
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Numbers 16:29-31
King James Version
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 International Version
Numbers 16:29-31
New International Version
29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(A) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(B) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(C) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(D)”
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(E)
Numbers 16:29-31
English Standard Version
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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