Psalms 58:4
Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
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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 go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
5and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21When the Lord smelled the pleasing odour, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of people because the inclination of their heart is evil from their youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Psalms 51:7Purge me clean with hyssop, wash me whiter than snow.
Matthew 23:33You snakes and children of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna?
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 →