Psalms 58:4

Psalms 58:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
• New International Version (NIV)Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Context of Psalms 58:4

2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. 3The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear; 5Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely. 6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Psalms 58:4 word by word

חֲמַת־לָ֗מוֹ כִּדְמ֥וּת חֲמַת־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶ֥תֶן חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אָזְנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 58:4

• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
• Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
• Romans 3:13their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison [is] under their lips:
• James 3:8but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
• Matthew 3:7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
• Matthew 23:33Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
• Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
• Job 20:14His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
• Isaiah 11:8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.

Commentaries on Psalms 58:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent - When they bite, they convey poison into the wound, as the serpent does. They not only injure you by outward acts, but by their malevolence they poison your reputation. They do you as much evil as they can, and propagate the worst reports that others may have you in abhorrence, treat you as a bad and dangerous man; and thus, as the poison from the bite of the serpent is conveyed into the whole mass of blood…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Their poison - Their malignity; their bad spirit; that which they utter or throw out of their mouth. The reference here is to what they speak or utter Psalm 58:3, and the idea is, that it is penetrating and deadly. Like the poison of a serpent - Margin, as in Hebrew, “according to the likeness.” In this expression no particular class of serpents is referred to except those which are “poisonous.” Like the deaf adder - Margin, “asp.” The word may refer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Venom here means harmful speech (see Psalm 140:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. describe the wicked generally, who sin naturally, easily, malignantly, and stubbornly.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 58:4

• Adder
• Charmers and Charming
• Depravity of Man
• Impenitence
• Serpent
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adder
• Altaschith
• Michtam
• Poison
• Psalms
• Wickedness
• Asp
• Deaf
• Ear
• Enchantment

Commentaries on Psalms 58

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary