Psalms 58:5
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skilful the charmer may be.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
Isaiah 19:3The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and 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 →