Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,
New American Standard Bible
Even whole, as those who
King James Version
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Holman Bible
still healthy as they go down to 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.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Exhortations to shun all inducements to
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Character » Of the wicked » Enticing to evil
Character of the wicked » Enticing to evil
Profit » Those that profit from violence
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
11 If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause, 12 We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit, 13 Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses with spoil,
Cross References
Psalm 28:1
By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.
Psalm 124:3
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
Numbers 16:30-33
and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol -- then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.'
Numbers 26:10
and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;
Psalm 5:9
For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
Psalm 35:25
They do not say in their heart, 'Aha, our desire.' They do not say, 'We swallowed him up.'
Psalm 56:1-2
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
Psalm 57:3
He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.
Psalm 143:7
Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.
Jeremiah 51:34
Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.
Lamentations 2:16
Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
Micah 3:2-3
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
Romans 3:13
A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.