And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
WEB
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
YLT
and all Israel who are round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;'
DBT
And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC