Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
American Standard 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 hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah 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 smite any more everything living, as I have done.
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 bite 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, saith Jehovah.
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall 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 →