Psalms 106:18
16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
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
- Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- KJV
- And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- WEB
- A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.
- ASV
- And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
- DARBY
- And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
- BLB
- And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame consumed the wicked.
- ÅB
- og en ild satte deres hop i brann, en flamme brant opp de ugudelige.
- OTB
- Og en ild brant opp i deres krets;
flammen fortærte de ugudelige. - B1930
- og en ild satte deres hop i brand, en lue brente op de ugudelige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 16:35–40
And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Read in contextHebrews 12:29
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Read in contextNumbers 16:46
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Read in context