Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

New American Standard Bible

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

King James Version

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into 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:

King James 2000

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into 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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let us swallow them up
בּלע 
Bala` 
Usage: 49

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

as the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

and whole
תּמים 
Tamiym 
Usage: 91

as those that go down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

References

Hastings

Pit

Context Readings

Advice To The Young

11 If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!
12 Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.
13 We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.



Cross References

Psalm 28:1

Davidic.Lord, I call to You;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.

Psalm 124:3

then they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger against us.

Numbers 16:30-33

But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”

Numbers 26:10

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

Psalm 5:9

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! Just what we wanted.”
Do not let them say,
“We have swallowed him up!”

Psalm 56:1-2

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;
he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Psalm 57:3

He reaches down from heaven and saves me,
challenging the one who tramples me.Selah
God sends His faithful love and truth.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

Jeremiah 51:34

“Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me.
He has set me aside like an empty dish;
he has swallowed me like a sea monster;
he filled his belly with my delicacies;
he has vomited me out,”

Lamentations 2:5

ה HeThe Lord is like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.

Lamentations 2:16

פ PeAll your enemies
open their mouths against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

Micah 3:2-3

You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

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