Numbers 16:39 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 16:39 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 →
וַיִּקַּ֞ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֶלְעָזָ֣ר
ʼElʻâzâr
H499
Eleazar
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
אֵ֚ת
ʼêth
H853
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מַחְתּ֣וֹת
machtâh
H4289
censer
הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
H5178
bronze
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הִקְרִ֖יבוּ
qârab
H7126
to approach
הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים
sâraph
H8313
to burn
וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם
râqaʻ
H7554
to beat out
צִפּ֥וּי
tsippûwy
H6826
metal plating
לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ
mizbêach
H4196
altar
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World English Bible Public Domain
Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
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King James Version Public Domain
And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze that the ones being burned had presented, and they hammered them plating for the altar,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).