Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 58 connects to 10 cross-references. A Miktam of David calling out corrupt rulers who pervert justice and asking whether they do right. He describes the wicked as going astray from birth, like a deaf cobra that cannot be charmed. He appeals to God to break …
Other Translations
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Their poison <FI>is<Fi> as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Cross References
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand …
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith …
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation …
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their …