Psalms 58:4
Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Young's Literal Translation
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 have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Job 20:14His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart.
Psalms 51:7Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
Jeremiah 8:17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Matthew 23:33'Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?
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 →