Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
World Messianic Bible
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. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
Job 20:14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
Jeremiah 8:17“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehinnom?
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 →