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The Song of Moses

Deuteronomy 32:33

In 11 translations

BSB
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
KJV
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
WEB
Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
ASV
Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
LSV
The poison of dragons [is] their wine || And the fierce venom of cobras.
YLT
The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
DBY
Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.
DRC
Their wine is the gall of dragons, and the venom of asps, which is incurable.
GNV
Their wine is the poyson of dragons, and the cruel gall of aspes.
JPS
Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.
LXXE
Their wine is the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃
LXX-Br
Θυμὸς δρακόντων ὁ οἶνος αὐτῶν, καὶ θυμὸς ἀσπίδων ἀνίατος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
  • Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
  • Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
  • Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  • Job 20:14–16yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

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