Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Webster 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 are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every living animal as I have done.
Job 20:14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ecclesiastes 10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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 →