59 verses contain “SWALLOW” (in the KJV: 52, in the BSB: 41) — showing 1–59
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And the seven thin ears
devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And the thin heads of grain
swallowed up the seven
plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh
awoke and realized it was a dream.
And the thin ears
devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And the thin heads of grain
swallowed the seven
plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod
swallowed up their rods.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff
swallowed up the other staffs.
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth
swallowed them.
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth
swallowed them up.
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that
appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have
provoked the LORD.
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.”
And the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto
Korah, and all their goods.
and the earth opened its mouth and
swallowed them and their households—all
Korah’s men and all their possessions.
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
At their
cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may
swallow us too!”
And the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire
devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
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.
And what he did unto Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of
Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and
swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,
Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not
spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be
swallowed up.’”
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why
wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
And
Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
swallow up or destroy.
“Far be it!”
Joab declared. “Far be it from me to
swallow up or destroy!
Whose harvest the
hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the
robber swalloweth up their substance.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are
swallowed up.
For then it would
outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been
rash.
How long
wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I
swallow down my
spittle?
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to
swallow my
spittle?
He hath
swallowed down riches, and he shall
vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his
belly.
He
swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not
swallow it down: according to his substance shall the
restitution be, and he shall not
rejoice therein.
He must return the fruit of his labor without
consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be
swallowed up.
Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be
swallowed up?
He
swalloweth the ground with fierceness and
rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the
trumpet.
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
Thou shalt make them as a
fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall
swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall
devour them.
You will place them in a
fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will
engulf them, and the fire will
consume them.
Let them not say in their hearts,
Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have
swallowed him up.
Let them not say in their hearts, “
Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have
swallowed him up!”
Be
merciful unto me, O God: for man would
swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Be
merciful to me, O God, for men are
hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly
assail me.
He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up.
Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who
trample me.
Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
Let not the
waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep
swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Do not let the floods
engulf me or the depths
swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
Yea, the
sparrow hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Even the
sparrow has found a home, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
The earth opened and
swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of
Abiram.
The earth opened up and
swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of
Abiram.
when their anger
flared against us, then they would have
swallowed us alive,
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
let us
swallow them alive like
Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth
swallows iniquity.
As the bird by wandering, as the
swallow by flying, so the
curse causeless shall not come.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are
gracious; but the lips of a
fool will
swallow up himself.
For the leaders of this people cause them to
err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are
swallowed up.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the
vail that is spread over all nations.
On this mountain He will
swallow up the
shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
He will
swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will
wipe away tears from off all faces; and the
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
He will
swallow up death
forever. The Lord GOD will
wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a
fading flower, and as the
hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it
seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
The
fading flower of his beautiful
splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest:
Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and
swallow it.
But they also have
erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have
erred through strong drink, they are
swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they
err in vision, they
stumble in judgment.
For thy waste and thy
desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away.
For your ruined and
desolate places and your
ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who
devoured you will be far away.
Yea, the
stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the
turtle and the
crane and the
swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Even the
stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The
turtledove, the swift, and the
thrush keep their time of
migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath
devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath
swallowed me up like a
dragon, he hath filled his
belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
And I will
punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath
swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him:
yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
I will
punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him
spew out what he
swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
The Lord hath
swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not
pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath
polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Without
pity the Lord has
swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has
demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and
defiled her kingdom and its princes.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath
swallowed up Israel, he hath
swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah
mourning and
lamentation.
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.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and
gnash the teeth: they say, We have
swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
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!”
Therefore
prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you
desolate, and
swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an
infamy of the people:
therefore
prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you
desolate and have
trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in
slander by the lips of their talkers,
For they have sown the wind, and they shall
reap the
whirlwind: it hath no
stalk: the
bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall
swallow it up.
For they
sow the wind, and they shall
reap the
whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what
sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would
swallow it up.
Israel is
swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Israel is
swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Hear this, O ye that
swallow up the
needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who
trample the
needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
For as ye have
drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually,
yea, they shall drink, and they shall
swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
For as you
drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and
gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to
swallow up
Jonah. And
Jonah was in the
belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to
swallow Jonah, and
Jonah spent three days and three nights in the
belly of the fish.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal
treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot
tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You
tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
Ye blind guides, which strain at a
gnat, and
swallow a
camel.
You blind guides! You strain out a
gnat but
swallow a
camel.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the
mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been
swallowed up in victory.”
So instead, you ought to
forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be
overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
For we that are in this tabernacle do
groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be
swallowed up of life.
So while we are in this tent, we
groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be
swallowed up by life.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to
swallow up the river that had poured from the
dragon’s mouth.
So answered I and said,
Swallow then down, O my soul, understanding, and
devour wisdom.
Upon their bodies and heads sit bats,
swallows, and birds, and the cats also.
