Psalms 106:17
15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
- KJV
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- WEB
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- ASV
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- DARBY
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
- BLB
- The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, and it covered over the company of Abiram.
- ÅB
- Jorden åpnet seg og slukte Datan og skjulte Abirams hop,
- OTB
- Jorden åpnet seg og slukte Datan,
og dekket over Abirams flokk. - B1930
- Jorden oplot sig og slukte Datan og skjulte Abirams hop,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 11:6
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Read in contextNumbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Read in contextNumbers 16:29–33
If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
Read in context