And he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Psalm 124:3 - King James 2000 Then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then they had swallowed us up quick, When their wrath was kindled against us: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us; American Standard Version (1901) Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us: Common English Bible then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us! Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity. |
And he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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.
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they make a covenant against you:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the region thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.