Psalms 58:4
(58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
5(58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Job 20:14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Psalms 51:7(51-9) Purge 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 the charmer hath no advantage.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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 →