Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:

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

ζωντας ηθελον μας καταπιει τοτε, ενω ο θυμος αυτων εφλεγετο εναντιον ημων·

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: