Proverbs 1:12

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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

¹³ We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have 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
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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Psalms 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.
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Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
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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;
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Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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Psalms 56:1–2
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
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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 unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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