Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
In Context
3The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
5which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
Job 20:14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him.
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:2-6
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. We have reason to think that this… Read the whole commentary →