Psalm 58:4
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Note like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc
Note adder: or, asp
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- poison
- Psalm 140:3; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Romans 3:13; James 3:8
- like
- Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.
- Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33
- the deaf
- Jeremiah 8:17
- Psalm 58:4
- adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.
- Job 20:14, 16; Isaiah 11:8