For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Numbers 16:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if the Lord causes a new thing [to happen], and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead), then you shall understand that these men have provoked (spurned, despised) the Lord! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But if the LORD performs an act of creation, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them, so that they descend alive to their graves, then you’ll know that these men disrespected the LORD.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if the Lord accomplishes something new, so that the earth opens its mouth and swallows them whole, along with everything that belongs to them, and they descend alive into the underworld, then you shall know that they have blasphemed the Lord." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things that belong to them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know that they have blasphemed the Lord. |
For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
For the Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim. He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon, to do his work, his unexpected work, and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.
Look, 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, rivers in the desert.
I made the earth, and created humans on it. It was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded everything in them.
I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the Lord creates something new in the land – a female will shelter a man.
This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.
Just as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.
They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.