Romans 3:13

A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

In Context

12All, have turned aside, together, have become useless, There is none that doeth kindness, not so much as one:

14Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full,

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Cross References

Job 20:14His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!

Psalms 12:3May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,—the tongue that speaketh swelling words;

Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;

Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent,—The poison of the asp, is under their lips. [Selah.]

Jeremiah 5:16Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre,—They all, are heroes:

Ezekiel 13:7Is it not a Vision of falsehood, ye have seen, and a Divination of lies, ye have spoken, Since ye are saying. Declareth Yahweh! when I have not spoken?

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:2-19

The Advantages of the Jews; Objections Answered; The Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art… Read the whole commentary →

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