Numbers 16:30 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 16:30 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְאִם
ʼim
H518
if
בְּרִיאָ֞ה
bᵉrîyʼâh
H1278
creation
יִבְרָ֣א
bârâʼ
H1254
to create
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וּפָצְתָ֨ה
pâtsâh
H6475
to open
הָאֲדָמָ֤ה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
פִּ֨יהָ֙
peh
H6310
mouth
וּבָלְעָ֤ה
bâlaʻ
H1104
to swallow up
אֹתָם֙
ʼêth
H853
-
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לָהֶ֔ם
וְיָרְד֥וּ
yârad
H3381
to go down
חַיִּ֖ים
chay
H2416
living
שְׁאֹ֑לָה
shᵉʼôwl
H7585
Sheol
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּ֧י
kîy
H3588
that
נִֽאֲצ֛וּ
nâʼats
H5006
to despise
הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
הָאֵ֖לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
יְהוָֽה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
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World English Bible Public Domain
But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But if Yahweh creates a creation, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all that to them, and they go down living to Sheol, then you will know that these men spurned Yahweh.”
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