Psalms 58:5
Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
Darby Translation
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: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers.
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 →