Deuteronomy 32:33
The poison of large serpents, is their wine,—Yea the fierce venom of asps.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
In Context
34Is not, that, stored up with me,—Sealed up amongst my treasures;
Cross References
Job 20:14His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
Psalms 58:5That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
Jeremiah 8:14Why are, we, sitting still? Gather yourselves together and let us enter the defenced cities And let us be silent there,—For, Yahweh our God, hath put us to silence And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.
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 →