Psalms 58:5
which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel of it. And they shall seek for the idols, and for the charmers, and for those who have familiar spirits, and for the wizards.
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 →