Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par
Proverbs 1:12 - Easy To Read Version We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave. 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. |
Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par
Hurry, answer me Lord!\par I have lost my courage.\par Don’t turn away from me.\par Don’t let me die and become like\par the dead people lying in the grave.\par
Lord, you are my Rock, {\cf2\super [168]} \par I am calling to you for help.\par Don’t close your ears to my prayers.\par If you don’t answer my calls for help,\par then people will think I am no better\par than the dead people in the grave.\par
Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par
Those people don’t tell the truth.\par They are liars that twist the truth.\par Their mouths are like empty {\cf2\super [27]} graves.\par They say nice things to other people,\par but they are only trying to trap them.\par
From heaven he helps me and saves me.\par He defeats the people who bother me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [336]})\i0 \par
We will steal all kinds of things worth lots of money. We will fill our houses with these things.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, destroyed us in the past.\par In the past, Nebuchadnezzar hurt us.\par In the past, he took our people away,\par and we became like an empty jar.\par He took the best we had.\par He was like a giant monster\par that ate everything until it was full.\par He took the best we had\par and threw us away.\par
All your enemies laugh at you.\par They whistle and grind their teeth at you.\par They say,\par “We have swallowed them up!\par This is truly the day we were hoping for.\par We have finally seen this happen.”\par
The Lord has become like an enemy.\par He has swallowed up Israel.\par He has swallowed up all her palaces.\par He has swallowed up all her fortresses.\par He has made much sadness\par and crying for the dead\par in the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [12]} \par
That was the time when the earth opened and swallowed Korah and all of his followers. And 250 men died! That was a warning to all the people of Israel.
“People’s mouths are like open graves;\par they use their tongues for telling lies.”\par \i (Psalm 5:9)\i0 \par