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Numbers 16:33

Judgment

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:

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

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.

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.

35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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BSB
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And they went down—they and all those with them—alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
ÅB
og de fòr levende ned i dødsriket med alle sine; jorden skjulte dem, og de omkom og ble utryddet av menigheten.
OTB
De gikk levende ned i Sheol med alt som tilhørte dem; jorden lukket seg over dem, og de gikk til grunne midt i menigheten.
B1930
og de fòr levende ned i dødsriket med alle sine; jorden skjulte dem, og de omkom og blev utryddet av menigheten.

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  • Isaiah 14:9

    Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

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  • Isaiah 14:15

    Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

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  • Psalms 69:15

    Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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  • Ezekiel 32:30

    There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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  • Psalms 143:7

    Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

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  • Ezekiel 32:18

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

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  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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