Psalms 58:5
Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
6Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poyson of dragons, and the cruel gall of aspes.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirite of Egypt shall faile in the middes of her, and I will destroy their counsell, and they shall seeke at the idoles, and at the sorcerers, and at them that haue spirits of diuination, and at the southsayers.
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 →