Psalm 124:3
Strong's Lexicon
when their anger
אַפָּ֣ם (’ap·pām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 639: 1) nostril, nose, face 2) anger

flared
בַּחֲר֖וֹת (ba·ḥă·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2734: 1) to be hot, furious, burn, becomeangry, be kindled 1a) (Qal) to burn, kindle (anger) 1b) (Niphal) to be angry with, be incensed 1c) (Hiphil) to burn, kindle 1d) (Hithpael) to heat oneself in vexation

against us,
בָּֽנוּ׃ (bā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew :

then
אֲ֭זַי (’ă·zay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 233: 1) then, in that case

they would have swallowed
בְּלָע֑וּנוּ (bə·lā·‘ū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common 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

us alive,
חַיִּ֣ים (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

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Young's Literal Translation
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

New American Standard Bible
Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

King James Bible
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;

New Living Translation
They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.

English Standard Version
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

New American Standard Bible
Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us;

King James Bible
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

International Standard Version
then they would have devoured us alive, when their anger burned against us.

NET Bible
they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

American Standard Version
Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

English Revised Version
Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Young's Literal Translation
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
















Cross References
Genesis 39:19
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

Numbers 16:30
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.

Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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 56:1
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Psalm 56:2
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Psalm 124:2
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Psalm 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
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