Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
KJV
Ova aspidum ruperunt, et telas araneæ texuerunt. Qui comederit de ovis eorum, morietur ; et quod confotum est, erumpet in regulum.
Vulgate
ὠὰ ἀσπίδων ἔρρηξαν, καὶ ἱστὸν ἀράχνης ὑφαίνουσιν, καὶ ὁ μέλλων τῶν ὠῶν αὐτῶν φαγεῖν, συντρίψας οὔριον εὗρεν, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βασιλίσκος.
LXX
They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
ASV
בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְ/קוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָ/אֹכֵ֤ל מִ/בֵּֽיצֵי/הֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְ/הַ/זּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 14:29 — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isa 28:20 — For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
- Job 8:14 — Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
- Job 8:14 — Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
- Luke 3:7 — Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matt 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Prov 23:32 — At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.