Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
Darby Translation
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 go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
5Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.
Job 20:14His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Matthew 23:33Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment 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 →