Numbers 16:40 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 16:40 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 →
זִכָּר֞וֹן
zikrôwn
H2146
memorial
לִבְנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
לְ֠מַעַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִקְרַ֜ב
qârab
H7126
to approach
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
זָ֗ר
zûwr
H2114
to be strange
אֲ֠שֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
מִזֶּ֤רַע
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
אַהֲרֹן֙
ʼAhărôwn
H175
Aaron
ה֔וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
לְהַקְטִ֥יר
qâṭar
H6999
to burn incense
קְטֹ֖רֶת
qᵉṭôreth
H7004
incense
לִפְנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִהְיֶ֤ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כְקֹ֨רַח֙
Qôrach
H7141
Korah
וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ
ʻêdâh
H5712
congregation
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
דִּבֶּ֧ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
יְהוָ֛ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
בְּיַד
yâd
H3027
hand
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
לֽוֹ
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World English Bible Public Domain
to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
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King James Version Public Domain
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
a memorial for the sons of Israel, so that a strange man, who not from the seed of Aaron, shall not come near to cause incense to become smoke to the face of Yahweh, and he shall not be like Korah and like his congregation, just as Yahweh spoke in the hand of Moses to him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).