Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
In Context
34Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?
Cross References
Job 20:14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
Psalms 58:5\58:4\Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Jeremiah 8:14Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:27-39
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand,… Read the whole commentary →