King James Version
Proverbs 1:12 in the King James Version says “Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”
Proverbs 1:12 · KJV
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let us swallow them up”
H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
“as the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“alive”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and whole”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“as those that go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
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