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Proverbs 1:12
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Proverbs 1:12
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let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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Proverbs 1:12 in Other Translations
KJV
12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
ESV
12
like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
NLT
12
Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave ; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
MSG
12
Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals.
CSB
12
Let's swallow them alive, like Sheol, still healthy as they go down to the Pit.
Proverbs 1:12 In-Context
10
My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
11
If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12
let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13
we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14
cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—
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1.
S
Psalms 35:25
2.
ver 16-18; S
Job 33:18
; S
Psalms 30:3
;
Psalms 28:1
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