Psalms 124:3
124:2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
KJV
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:
What does Psalms 124:3 mean?
Psalms 124:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֲזַי (ʼăzay), בָּלַע (bâlaʻ), חַי (chay). It connects to 17 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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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.
1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
Esther 3:6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther 3:12Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
Psalms 27:2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalms 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Psalms 74:8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar 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.
Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Jonah 1:17Now 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.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Acts 9:2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 124:3.
And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
Deuteronomy 6:15(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Exodus 22:24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Exodus 32:10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Exodus 32:11And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exodus 32:19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Exodus 32:22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
Frequently asked questions
What does Psalms 124:3 say?
Psalms 124:3 (King James Version) reads: "Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:"
Is Psalms 124:3 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 124:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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