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Proverbs 23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

KJV

sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.

Vulgate

τὸ δὲ ἔσχατον ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ὄφεως πεπληγὼς ἐκτείνεται, καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κεράστου διαχεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ἰός.

LXX

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

ASV

אַ֭חֲרִית/וֹ כְּ/נָחָ֣שׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ וּֽ/כְ/צִפְעֹנִ֥י יַפְרִֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הּ
h
noun · 61×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
נִפְרָשׁ֔וֹת
nprshvt
verb · 5×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
צִפְעוֹנִ֔י
tsp'vny
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Ps 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.