Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood!

New American Standard Bible

and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also?

King James Version

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Holman Bible

He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

International Standard Version

He brought you near, along with all of your relatives, the descendants of Levi. Are you also seeking the priesthood?

A Conservative Version

and that he has brought thee near, and all thy brothers the sons of Levi with thee? And ye seek the priesthood also?

American Standard Version

and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also?

Amplified

and that He has brought you near [to Him], Korah and all your brothers, sons of Levi with you? Would you seek the priesthood also?

Bible in Basic English

Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

Darby Translation

that he has brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye now the priesthood also?

Julia Smith Translation

He will bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and did ye seek also the priesthood?

King James 2000

And he has brought you near to him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and seek you the priesthood also?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{He has allowed you to approach him}, you with all your brothers, the descendants of Levi, but yet you also seek the priesthood.

Modern King James verseion

And He has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you. And do you seek the priesthood also?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also.

NET Bible

He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

New Heart English Bible

and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?

The Emphasized Bible

But having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek priesthood also?

Webster

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

World English Bible

and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

to him, and all thy brethren
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

of Levi
לוי 
Leviy 
Usage: 66

with thee and seek
בּקשׁ 
Baqash 
Usage: 225

ye the priesthood
כּהנּה 
K@hunnah 
Usage: 14

Context Readings

Korah, Dathan, And Abiram Rebel

9 is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? -- 10 yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood! 11 Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met are against Jehovah; and Aaron, what is he, that ye murmur against him?'

Cross References

Numbers 3:10

'And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.'

Numbers 18:7

and thou, and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the vail, and ye have served; a service of gift I make your priesthood; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.'

Proverbs 13:10

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

Matthew 20:21-22

and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

Luke 22:24

And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.

Romans 12:10

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Philippians 2:3

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

3 John 1:9

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them -- Diotrephes -- doth not receive us;

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