Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
KJV
deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum ;
Vulgate
καταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα, καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς·
LXX
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
ASV
נִ֭בְלָעֵ/ם כִּ/שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝/תְמִימִ֗ים כְּ/י֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
ם
m
verb · 50×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- Isa 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
- Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Ps 56:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Ps 83:4 — 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.
- Ps 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- Rom 3:13 — Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: