Numbers 16:34
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And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
In other translations
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
Hebrew words
וְכָל־vekholand allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםsevivoteihem[was] around themH5439נָסוּnasuthey fledH5127לְקֹלָםlekolamto voice theirH6963כִּיkiforH3588אָמְרוּ'ameruthey saidH559פֶּן־pen-lestH6435תִּבְלָעֵנוּtivla'enuit should swallow usH1104הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe earthH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Zechariah 14:5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
- Numbers 17:12-1312 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?12 Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! 13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
- Isaiah 33:3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
- Revelation 6:15-1715 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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