If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
Numbers 16:12 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, ‘We will not come! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and they said, We will not come up. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up: Common English Bible Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, Eliab’s sons. But they said, “We won’t come up! Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Moses sent to call for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, who responded: "We will not come. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron, the sons of Eliab. But they answered: We will not come. |
If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
People will oppress each other – man against man, neighbour against neighbour. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honoured.
Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites – Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth – became insolent
It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?’
Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us!
In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.