Psalms 58:5
חֲמַת ־ לָמוֹ כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת ־ נָחָשׁ כְּמוֹ ־ פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
In Context
4זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָֽב ׃
6אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּֽם ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33חֲמַת תַּנִּינִם יֵינָם וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים אַכְזָֽר ׃
Isaiah 19:3וְנָבְקָה רֽוּחַ ־ מִצְרַיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲצָתוֹ אֲבַלֵּעַ וְדָרְשׁוּ אֶל ־ הָֽאֱלִילִים וְאֶל ־ הָאִטִּים וְאֶל ־ הָאֹבוֹת וְאֶל ־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים ׃
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 →