For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
Numbers 16:30 - New International Version (Anglicised) But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.’ 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 is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;
Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon – to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshalled their starry hosts.
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The Lord will create a new thing on earth – the woman will return to the man.’
Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.
As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart
They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.