Proverbs 1:12

Translations

Modern

…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Traditional

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

Literal

…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit;

Latin

…deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum;

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Notes

Proverbs 1:12

like Sheol: In the Old Testament, Sheol is the place of the dead. It is not always associated with punishment.

Proverbs 1:10–19

The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.

Proverbs 1:8–19

In the book of Proverbs, there are two paths (Proverbs 1:15):

A wise and just path
A foolish and evil path

The parents represent the wise path and encourage their child to follow it.

Theme notes and profiles

Life After Death

Related verses

Psalm 124:3
…when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
Psalm 28:1
Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Romans 3:13
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Psalm 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Numbers 16:30–33
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Micah 3:2–3
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Psalm 56:1–2
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

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