Proverbs 1:12

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

¹¹ If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

¹³ We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

¹⁴ Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
KJV: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
WEB: Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
ASV: Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
DARBY: let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
BLB: let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit;

ÅB: vi vil sluke dem levende som dødsriket, med hud og hår, slik som det sluker dem som farer ned i graven;
OTB: La oss sluke dem levende som graven,
og hele, som de som går ned i gropen;
B1930: vi vil sluke dem levende som dødsriket, med hud og hår, likesom det sluker dem som farer ned i graven;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 124:3
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
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Psalms 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
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Romans 3:13
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
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Micah 3:2–3
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
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Psalms 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
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Psalms 56:1–2
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
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Numbers 16:30–33
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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