Proverbs 1:12
Strong's Lexicon
let us swallow them
נִ֭בְלָעֵם (niḇ·lā·‘êm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1104: 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

alive
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

like Sheol,
כִּשְׁא֣וֹל (kiš·’ō·wl)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: 1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

and whole
וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים (ū·ṯə·mî·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8549: 1) complete, whole, entire, sound 1a) complete, whole, entire 1b) whole, sound, healthful 1c) complete, entire (of time) 1d) sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity 1e) what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)

like those descending
כְּי֣וֹרְדֵי (kə·yō·wr·ḏê)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

into the Pit.
בֽוֹר׃ (ḇō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: 1) pit, well, cistern

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Young's Literal Translation
We swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down [to] the pit,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

New American Standard Bible
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

King James Bible
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

New Living Translation
Let's swallow them alive, like the grave; let's swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.

English Standard Version
like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

New American Standard Bible
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let's swallow them alive, like Sheol, still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

International Standard Version
Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

NET Bible
We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

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

English Revised Version
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, 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,
















Cross References
Psalm 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.

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 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Proverbs 1:13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Proverbs 1:14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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