Psalms 58:5
(58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4(58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; and I will make void the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, and to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.
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 →