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Proverbs 1:12

What does Proverbs 1:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

We swallow them as Sheol--alive, And whole--as those going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Context

v.11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

v.12This passage

v.13We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 26:10

    and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

  • Numbers 16:30

    But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

  • Lamentations 2:5

    The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

  • Micah 3:2

    ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

  • Psalms 143:7

    Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

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