Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
New American Standard Bible
Even whole, as those who
King James Version
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Holman Bible
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:
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,
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Exhortations to shun all inducements to
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Character » Of the wicked » Enticing to evil
Character of the wicked » Enticing to evil
Profit » Those that profit from violence
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all kinds of precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Cross References
Psalm 28:1
[A Psalm of David.] Unto you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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 makes a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs unto them, and they go down alive into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; 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
[To the Chief Musician upon jonathelemrechokim. A michtam of David, when the Philistines took him to Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.
Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, 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 your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadnezzar 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 monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has cast me out.
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord was as an enemy: he has swallowed up Israel, he has swallowed up all her palaces: he has destroyed his strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Micah 3:2-3
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: