King James Version

Psalms 124:3

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

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אֲ֭זַיazaythenאֲזַיadverb — “then”H233at that timethen.חַיִּ֣יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, 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.בְּלָע֑וּנוּbelaunvdestroyבָּלַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “destroy”, a completed actionH1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroycover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).בַּחֲר֖וֹתbacharotin burnחָרָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in burn”, the to-form of the verbH2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousybe angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See H8474 (תַּחָרָה).אַפָּ֣םapamfaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.בָּֽנוּbanvinבָּֽנוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

World English Bible

then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,

Darby Translation

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

Douay-Rheims

For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἄρα ζῶντας ἂν κατέπιον ἡμᾶς· ἐν τῷ ὀργισθῆναι τὸν θυμὸν αὐτῶν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς,