Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

King James Version

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Holman Bible

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

International Standard Version

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

A Conservative Version

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.

American Standard Version

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Amplified


Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];

Bible in Basic English

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

Darby Translation

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Julia Smith Translation

We will swallow them down living, as hades, and whole, as they going down to the pit:

King James 2000

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.

Modern King James verseion

let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit.

NET Bible

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

New Heart English Bible

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

The Emphasized Bible

Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit;

Webster

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

World English Bible

let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Youngs Literal Translation

We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let us swallow them up
בּלע 
Bala` 
Usage: 49

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

as the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

and whole
תּמים 
Tamiym 
Usage: 91

as those that go down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

References

Hastings

Pit

Context Readings

Advice To The Young

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause. 12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of riches, we shall fill our houses with spoil.

Cross References

Psalm 28:1

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave.

Psalm 124:3

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

Numbers 16:30-33

But if the LORD does a new thing and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all their things and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the LORD.

Numbers 26:10

And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men and they became an example.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no uprightness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Psalm 56:1-2

Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he oppresses me fighting me daily.

Psalm 57:3

He shall send from the heavens and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Psalm 143:7

Hear me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me lest I be like those that go down into the grave.

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon; he has filled his belly with my delicates; he has cast me out.

Lamentations 2:5

He The Lord was as an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all her palaces; he has dissipated his strong holds and has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Lamentations 2:16

Pe All thine enemies opened their mouths regarding thee; they whistled and gnashed their teeth; they said, Swallow her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.

Micah 3:2-3

Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips,

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