Numbers 16:31

When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

biblegateway Num 16:31

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

biblegateway Num 16:31

As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

biblegateway Num 16:31

He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.

biblegateway Num 16:31

The words were hardly out of his mouth when the Earth split open.

SABDAweb Num 16:31

And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;

bibleoremus Num 16:31

As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them was split apart.

biblegateway Num 16:31

Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,

biblegateway Num 16:31

When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

¹ tn The initial temporal clause is standard: It begins with the temporal indicator “and it was,” followed here by the Piel infinitive construct with the preposition and the subjective genitive suffix. “And it happened when he finished.”

² tn The infinitive construct with the preposition lamed (ל) functions here as the direct object of the preceding infinitive. It tells what he finished.