Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
WEB
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
YLT
We swallow them as Sheol--alive, And whole--as those going down to the pit,
DBT
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.