Psalms 106:17
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the 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 unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Read in contextNumbers 26:10
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Read in contextNumbers 16:29–33
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.
Read in context