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Psalms Chapter 124 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
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BBE Psalms 124:3

They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
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DARBY Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
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KJV Psalms 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
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WBT Psalms 124:3

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WEB Psalms 124:3

Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
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YLT Psalms 124:3

Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Then they had swallowed us up quick; or, "alive." A common expression for sudden and complete destruction (comp. Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:3; Proverbs 1:12; Lamentations 2:2, 5, 8, etc.). When their wrath was kindled against us; or, "blazed out against us." The comparison of anger to fire is an almost universal commonplace.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Then.--Critics are at issue both as to the form and meaning of the word--whether it is an archaism or an aramaism, expressing time or logical sequence.Swallowed . . . quick (alive).--No doubt an allusion to the fall of Korah (Numbers 16:32-33), where the same verb and adjective occur together. (See also Psalm 55:15.)