complete verse (Numbers 16:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 16:33:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people dropped down going to the land of the dead alive together with their things. After that, the land closed to lock them inside and all those people were destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They went down alive in Sheol with all their belongings. The earth covered them up. They were annihilated from among the community.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They were- all -swallowed alive as-well-as all their properties. Then the ground shut/closed-(up) and they disappeared from the community.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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