Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up chayyim (alive) like She'ol; 1 and whole, as those that go down into the bor (pit); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
In Context
13We shall find all precious substance, 1 we shall fill bateinu (our houses) with plunder; 1
Cross References
Numbers 26:10And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, when that edah died, when the eish devoured 250; and they became as a nes (warning).
Psalms 28:1(Of Dovid) 1 do not turn a deaf ear to me: 1 lest, if Thou be silent to me, 1 I become like them that go down into the pit. 1
Psalms 56:1(For the director. Set to The Silent, Distant Yonah. Of Dovid. A mikhtam — when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat) 1
Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up chayyim (alive); 1 when their wrath was kindled against us; 1
Jeremiah 51:34Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel hath devoured me, 1 he hath crushed me, 1 he hath made me an empty vessel, 1 he hath swallowed me up like Tannin (Monster), 1 he hath filled his belly with delicacies of me, 1 he hath vomited me out. 1
Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; 1 they hiss and gnash their teeth; 1 they cry: We have swallowed her! 1 This is the Yom that we waited for; 1 we have found, we have seen it. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 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: 12 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: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →