Numbers 16:30
28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
29 If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
31 As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.”
- ASV
- But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
- DARBY
- but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
- BLB
- But if YHWH creates a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit, then you⁺ will know that these men have spurned YHWH.”
- ÅB
- men dersom Herren gjør noe som ikke før er hendt - dersom jorden lukker opp sin munn og sluker dem og alle deres, så de farer levende ned i dødsriket, da vet dere at disse menn har foraktet Herren.
- OTB
- Men hvis Herren skaper noe helt nytt, og jorden åpner sin munn og sluker dem med alt som tilhører dem, og de går levende ned i Sheol, da skal dere vite at disse mennene har vist forakt for Herren.»
- B1930
- men dersom Herren gjør noget som ikke før er hendt - dersom jorden lukker op sin munn og sluker dem og alle deres, så de farer levende ned i dødsriket, da vet I at disse menn har foraktet Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 55:15
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Read in contextNumbers 16:33
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
Read in contextJob 31:3
Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
Read in contextIsaiah 45:12
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:22
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
Read in contextIsaiah 43:19
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
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