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Proverbs 1:12

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

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נִ֭בְלָעֵםnivlaemdestroyבָּלַעverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, a determination or requestH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).כִּשְׁא֣וֹלkisholas graveשְׁאוֹלpreposition, noun, proper name — “as grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וּ֝תְמִימִ֗יםutemimimand without blemishתָּמִיםconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and without blemish”, the ordinary formH8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truthwithout blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.כְּי֣וֹרְדֵיkeyoredeas bring downיָרַדpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “as bring down”, a verb used as a describing wordH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…בֽוֹרvorcisternבּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cistern”, the ordinary formH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

World English Bible

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would , and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα, καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς,