Numbers 16:38 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 16:38 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 →
אֵ֡ת
ʼêth
H853
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מַחְתּוֹת֩
machtâh
H4289
censer
הַֽחַטָּאִ֨ים
chaṭṭâʼ
H2400
sinner
הָאֵ֜לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם
nephesh
H5315
soul
וְעָשׂ֨וּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אֹתָ֜ם
ʼêth
H853
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רִקֻּעֵ֤י
riqquaʻ
H7555
expansion
פַחִים֙
pach
H6341
snare
צִפּ֣וּי
tsippûwy
H6826
metal plating
לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ
mizbêach
H4196
altar
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם
qârab
H7126
to approach
לִפְנֵֽי
pânîym
H6440
face
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ
qâdash
H6942
to consecrate
וְיִֽהְי֥וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לְא֖וֹת
ʼôwth
H226
sign
לִבְנֵ֥י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
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World English Bible Public Domain
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
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King James Version Public Domain
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The censers of these ones sinning against their lives, and they shall make them hammered sheets of thin plates, plating for the altar, for they presented them to the face of Yahweh, and they are holy, and they shall be for a sign for the sons of Israel.”
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