Deuteronomy 32:33

Their yayin is the venom of serpents, 1 and the deadly poison of asps. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

In Context

32For their gefen is of the gefen of Sodom, 1 and of the fields of Amora (Gomorrah); 1 their grapes are grapes of poison, 1 their clusters are bitter; 1

34Is not this laid up in store with Me, 1 and sealed up among My otzrot (treasures)? 1

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Cross References

Job 20:14Yet his lechem in his stomach is turned sour; 1 it is the venom of vipers within him. 1

Psalms 58:5Their venom is like the venom of a nachash; 1 they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth its ear; 1

Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? 1 Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, 1 and let us perish there; 1 for Hashem Eloheinu hath made us to perish, 1 and given us mey rosh (poisonous water) to drink, 1 because we have sinned against Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:27-39

26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand,… Read the whole commentary →

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