Skip to main content

Psalms 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

KJV

Quia ecce ceperunt animam meam ; irruerunt in me fortes.

Vulgate

ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐθήρευσαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐπέθεντο ἐπ’ ἐμὲ κραταιοί· οὔτε ἡ ἀνομία μου οὔτε ἡ ἁμαρτία μου, Κύριε.

LXX

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

ASV

זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵ/רָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝/בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
י
y
noun · 72×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
כָזָֽב
kzb
noun · 28×
ם
m
verb · 51×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רֶ֖חֶם
rchm
noun · 26×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:57 — Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
  • Deut 32:33 — Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
  • Eccl 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
  • Eccl 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
  • Jas 3:8 — But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Jas 3:8 — But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Jer 8:17 — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
  • 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?
  • Ps 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
  • Ps 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.