12let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;


In Context

9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.

11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay 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 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-

Proverbs 1:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12We swallow them as Sheol — alive, And whole — as those going down to the pit,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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