Numbers 16:33 “They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed…”

Numbers 16:33

They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“into the”

Psalm 9:15 Psalm 55:23 Psalm 69:15 Psalm 143:7 Isaiah 14:9 Isaiah 14:15

Psalm 9:15 · BSB

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 69:15 · BSB

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalm 143:7 · BSB

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Isaiah 14:9 · BSB

Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Isaiah 14:15 · BSB

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

“they perished”

Jude 1:11

Jude 1:11 · BSB

Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

34At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

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