then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath burned against us.
Proverbs 1:12 - Tree of Life Version Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol— still healthy, as they go down to 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 would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath burned against us.
Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit.
Don’t let them say in their heart: “Aha! Just what we wanted!” Don’t let them say: “We swallowed him up!”
Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
We’ll find all sorts of valuable things, we’ll fill our homes with loot!
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, crushed me, set me aside like an empty dish, swallowed me up like a dragon, filled his belly with my delicacies, rinsed me away.”
All your enemies opened their mouth wide against you; they hissed and gnashed their teeth, and say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it!”
My Lord is like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her citadels, destroyed her fortifications and multiplied mourning and moaning for the daughter of Judah.
Then the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed the 250 men, these men serving as a warning.
Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers is under their lips.