Then they had swallowed us up alive,\par\tab When their wrath was kindled against us;
Proverbs 1:12 - American Standard Version 2015 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,\par\tab And whole, as those that go down into the pit; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; And whole, as those that go down into the pit: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead]; American Standard Version (1901) Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; Common English Bible Let’s swallow up the living like the grave— whole, like those who go down into the pit. Catholic Public Domain Version Let us swallow him alive, like Hell, and whole, like one descending into the pit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. |
Then they had swallowed us up alive,\par\tab When their wrath was kindled against us;
Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth:\par\tab Hide not thy face from me,\par\tab Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:\par\tab My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;\par\tab Lest, if thou be silent unto me,\par\tab I become like them that go down into the pit.
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it:\par\tab Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;\par\tab Their inward part is very wickedness;\par\tab Their throat is an open sepulchre;\par\tab They flatter with their tongue.
He will send from heaven, and save me,\par\tab {\i When} he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {\i Selah\par\tab God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
We shall find all precious substance;\par\tab We shall fill our houses with spoil;
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee;\par\tab They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up;\par\tab Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel;\par\tab He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds;\par\tab And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
{\b Their throat is an open sepulchre;\par\tab With their tongues they have used deceit:\par\tab The poison of asps is under their lips:}