Psalms 58:4

(58:5) They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Leeser Tanakh

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

3(58:4) The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.

5(58:6) Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.

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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 the sake of man; although 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 20:14His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.

Psalms 51:7(51:9) Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent do bite because no one uttered a charm, then hath the man that can use his tongue [in charming] no preference.—

Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send out against you serpents, basilisks, for which there is no charm, 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 →

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