At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”
NMVAnd all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow (to approve, commend, accept) us up [also].
OJBAnd Kol Yisroel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest ha'aretz swallow us up also.
Onkelos (Etheridge)And all Israel who stood round about them fled from their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us.
T4TThey screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people were terrified and cried out as they ran away, saying, “We do not want the ground to swallow us also!”