Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Treasury of Scripture swallow Psalm 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Psalm 56:1,2 Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me... Psalm 57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah... Psalm 124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel... Lamentations 2:5,16 The LORD was as an enemy: he has swallowed up Israel, he has swallowed up all her palaces: he has destroyed his strong holds... Micah 3:2,3 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones... as the Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher... Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whole Numbers 16:30-33 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them... Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died... Psalm 28:1 To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Psalm 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit.
Context The Enticement of Sin
8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother: 9For they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains about your neck. 10My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not. 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause: 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path: 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives. 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
Darby Bible Translation
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
King James Bible
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Young's Literal Translation
We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down to the pit,
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