31And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:


In Context

28 And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all things that you see, and that I have not forged them of my own head:

29 If these men die the common death of men, and if they be visited with a plague, wherewith others also are wont to be visited, the Lord did not send me.

30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down, and all things that belong to them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know that they have blasphemed the Lord.

31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:

32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance.

33 And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon them, and they perished from among the people.

Numbers 16:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that [was] under them:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:31As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground cleaved asunder that was under them:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which is under them cleaveth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them: