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Psalms 106:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Therefore the earth opened ? swallowed vp Dathan, & couered the companie of Abiram.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The earth opened and swallowed vp Dathan: and couered the company of Abiram.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiram{gr.Abiron}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Aviram.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The earth 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
opened 6605
{6605} Prime
פָּתַח
pathach
{paw-thakh'}
A primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to loosen, begin, plough, carve.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and swallowed up 1104
{1104} Prime
בּלע
bala`
{beh'-lah}
A primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally to destroy.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Däŧän דָּתָן, 1885
{1885} Prime
דָּתָן
Dathan
{daw-thawn'}
Of uncertain derivation; Dathan, an Israelite.
and covered 3680
{3680} Prime
כָּסָה
kacah
{kaw-saw'}
A primitive root; properly to plump, that is, fill up hollows; by implication to cover (for clothing or secrecy).
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the company 5712
{5712} Prime
עֵדָה
`edah
{ay-daw'}
Feminine of H5707 in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage (specifically a concourse, or generally a family or crowd).
of ´Ávîräm אֲבִירָם. 48
{0048} Prime
אֲבִירָם
'Abiyram
{ab-ee-rawm'}
From H0001 and H7311; father of height (that is, lofty); Abiram, the name of two Israelites.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 106:16-18.


Psalms 106:17

_ _ covered — “closed upon them” (Numbers 16:33). (2) Of the Levitical rebels, with Korah at their head (Numbers 16:35; Numbers 26:10); these had sinned by fire, and were punished by fire, as Aaron’s (being high priest) sons had been (Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 16:1-35).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 106:13-33.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 106:17

The earth opened and (i) swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

(i) By the greatness of the punishment the heinousness of the offence may be considered: for they who rise against God's ministers rebel against him.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Numbers 16:29-33 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; [then] the LORD hath not sent me. ... They, and all that [appertained] to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Deuteronomy 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
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Nu 16:29; 26:10. Dt 11:6.

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