Numbers 16:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!””
A short, plain-language explanation of Numbers 16:34 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and all Israel who <FI>are<Fi> round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 16:34 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- Isaiah 33:3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
- Zechariah 14:5You 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.
- Revelation 6:15Then 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.
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