Psalms 58:5

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

In Context

4(58:5) They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

6(58:7) O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, O Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:33The poison of serpents is their wine, and the deadly venom of asps.

Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall be emptied out in its inward parts, and its counsel will I frustrate; and they will inquire of the idols, and of the charmers, and of those that have familiar spirits, and of the wizards.

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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