Psalms 58:4

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{ "verseID": "Psalms.58.4", "source": "‫זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃‬", "text": "*zōrû* *rəšāʿîm* *mērāḥem* *tāʿû* *mibbeṭen* *dōbərê* *kāzāb*", "grammar": { "*zōrû*": "qal 3cp perfect - they are estranged/alienated", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones", "*mērāḥem*": "preposition min + masculine singular noun - from womb", "*tāʿû*": "qal 3cp perfect - they go astray/wander/err", "*mibbeṭen*": "preposition min + masculine singular noun - from belly/womb", "*dōbərê*": "qal masculine plural participle construct - speakers of", "*kāzāb*": "masculine singular noun - lie/falsehood" }, "variants": { "*zōrû*": "are estranged/alienated/turn away", "*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil doers", "*mērāḥem*": "from womb/from birth", "*tāʿû*": "go astray/wander/err", "*mibbeṭen*": "from belly/womb/birth", "*kāzāb*": "lie/falsehood/deception" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃‬

Transliteration

zōrû rəšāʿîm mērāḥem tāʿû mibbeṭen dōbərê kāzāb

Grammar Details

• *zōrû*: qal 3cp perfect - they are estranged/alienated
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *mērāḥem*: preposition min + masculine singular noun - from womb
• *tāʿû*: qal 3cp perfect - they go astray/wander/err
• *mibbeṭen*: preposition min + masculine singular noun - from belly/womb
• *dōbərê*: qal masculine plural participle construct - speakers of
• *kāzāb*: masculine singular noun - lie/falsehood

Word Meanings

• *zōrû*: are estranged/alienated/turn away
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil doers
• *mērāḥem*: from womb/from birth
• *tāʿû*: go astray/wander/err
• *mibbeṭen*: from belly/womb/birth
• *kāzāb*: lie/falsehood/deception

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even from birth, the wicked are estranged; from the womb, they go astray, speaking lies.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Their poison{H2534} is like{H1823} the poison{H2534} of a serpent:{H5175} [They are] like the deaf{H2795} adder{H6620} that stoppeth{H331} her ear,{H241}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Their poison{H2534} is like{H1823} the poison{H2534} of a serpent{H5175}: they are like the deaf{H2795} adder{H6620} that stoppeth{H331}{H8686)} her ear{H241};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Their poison `is' as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 140:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.140.3", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃", "text": "*ʾăšer* *ḥāšəḇû* *rāʿôt* in-*lēḇ* all-*yôm* *yāgûrû* *milḥāmôt*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which/that", "*ḥāšəḇû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural verb - they devised/planned", "*rāʿôt*": "feminine plural noun - evils/evil things", "*lēḇ*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - heart", "*yôm*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed kol (all/every) - day", "*yāgûrû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person plural verb - they stir up/gather", "*milḥāmôt*": "feminine plural noun - wars/battles" }, "variants": { "*ḥāšəḇû*": "they planned/they devised/they imagined", "*rāʿôt*": "evils/wickedness/evil things", "*lēḇ*": "heart/mind/inner self", "*yāgûrû*": "they stir up/they gather/they incite", "*milḥāmôt*": "wars/battles/conflicts" } }
• Eccl 10:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.10.11", "source": "אִם־יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ הַנָּחָ֖שׁ בְּלוֹא־לָ֑חַשׁ וְאֵ֣ין יִתְר֔וֹן לְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃", "text": "If *yiššōk hannāḥāš* without *lāḥaš* *wə-ʾên yitrôn* to *baʿal hallāšôn*", "grammar": { "*yiššōk*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - bites", "*hannāḥāš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the serpent", "*bəlôʾ-lāḥaš*": "preposition + negative particle + masculine singular noun - without enchantment", "*wə-ʾên*": "conjunction + adverb of negation - and there is no", "*yitrôn*": "masculine singular noun - advantage/profit", "*lə-baʿal*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - to master of", "*hallāšôn*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the tongue" }, "variants": { "*yiššōk*": "bites/will bite/may bite", "*hannāḥāš*": "the serpent/the snake", "*lāḥaš*": "enchantment/charm/spell", "*yitrôn*": "advantage/profit/benefit", "*baʿal hallāšôn*": "master of the tongue/charmer/enchanter" } }
• Isa 11:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Isaiah.11.8", "source": "וְשִֽׁעֲשַׁ֥ע יוֹנֵ֖ק עַל־חֻ֣ר פָּ֑תֶן וְעַל֙ מְאוּרַ֣ת צִפְעוֹנִ֔י גָּמ֖וּל יָד֥וֹ הָדָֽה׃", "text": "*wə-ši'ăša' yônēq 'al-ḥur pāten wə-'al mə'ûrat ṣip'ônî gāmûl yādô hādâ*", "grammar": { "*wə-ši'ăša'*": "conjunction + Pilpel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will play/delight", "*yônēq*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - nursing/sucking", "*'al*": "preposition - over/upon/near", "*ḥur*": "masculine singular construct - hole of", "*pāten*": "masculine singular noun - cobra/asp", "*wə-'al*": "conjunction + preposition - and over/upon", "*mə'ûrat*": "feminine singular construct - den/lair of", "*ṣip'ônî*": "masculine singular noun - viper/adder", "*gāmûl*": "Qal passive participle, masculine singular - weaned child", "*yādô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand", "*hādâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will put/stretch out" }, "variants": { "*ši'ăša'*": "play/delight/amuse oneself", "*yônēq*": "nursing child/infant/suckling", "*ḥur*": "hole/den/cave", "*pāten*": "cobra/asp/venomous snake", "*mə'ûrat*": "den/lair/hole", "*ṣip'ônî*": "viper/adder/poisonous snake", "*gāmûl*": "weaned child", "*hādâ*": "put/stretch out/extend" } }
• Jer 8:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.8.17", "source": "כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּכֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "For behold I am *mᵊšallēaḥ* among-you *nᵊḥāšîm* *ṣipᵊʿōnîm*, which there-is-not-to-them *lāḥaš*; and-they shall *wᵊniššᵊkû* *ʾetkemm* *nᵊʾum*-*YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*mᵊšallēaḥ*": "piel participle masculine singular - sending", "*nᵊḥāšîm*": "plural noun - serpents/snakes", "*ṣipᵊʿōnîm*": "plural noun - vipers/adders", "*lāḥaš*": "noun - charm/spell/incantation", "*wᵊniššᵊkû*": "piel perfect 3rd person plural with waw conjunction - and they will bite", "*ʾetkemm*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you", "*nᵊʾum*": "construct state - utterance/declaration of", "*YHWH*": "divine name" }, "variants": { "*mᵊšallēaḥ*": "sending/dispatching/letting loose", "*nᵊḥāšîm*": "serpents/snakes", "*ṣipᵊʿōnîm*": "vipers/adders/venomous snakes", "*lāḥaš*": "charm/spell/incantation/whisper", "*wᵊniššᵊkû*": "will bite/sting" } }
• Matt 3:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Matthew.3.7", "source": "¶Ἰδὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς;", "text": "¶*Idōn* *de* many of the *Pharisaiōn* and *Saddoukaiōn* *erchomenous* to the *baptisma* of him, *eipen* to them, *Gennēmata* *echidnōn*, who *hypedeixen* to you to *phygein* from the *mellousēs* *orgēs*?", "grammar": { "*Idōn*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing/having seen", "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and", "*Pharisaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of Pharisees", "*Saddoukaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of Sadducees", "*erchomenous*": "present middle/passive participle, accusative, masculine, plural - coming", "*baptisma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - baptism", "*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said", "*Gennēmata*": "vocative, neuter, plural - offspring/brood", "*echidnōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of vipers", "*hypedeixen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - showed/warned", "*phygein*": "aorist active infinitive - to flee", "*mellousēs*": "present active participle, genitive, feminine, singular - coming/about to come", "*orgēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of wrath/anger" }, "variants": { "*Idōn*": "seeing/having seen/when he saw", "*erchomenous*": "coming/approaching/arriving", "*eipen*": "said/spoke/declared", "*Gennēmata*": "offspring/brood/generation", "*hypedeixen*": "showed/warned/instructed", "*phygein*": "to flee/to escape/to run away from", "*mellousēs*": "coming/about to come/imminent", "*orgēs*": "wrath/anger/indignation" } }
• Matt 23:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Matthew.23.33", "source": "Ὄφεις, γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, πῶς φύγητε ἀπὸ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεέννης;", "text": "*Opheis*, *gennēmata* *echidnōn*, how *phygēte* from the *kriseōs* of-the *geennēs*?", "grammar": { "*Opheis*": "vocative, masculine, plural - serpents (direct address)", "*gennēmata*": "vocative, neuter, plural - offspring/brood (direct address)", "*echidnōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of vipers", "*pōs*": "interrogative adverb - how", "*phygēte*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might escape/flee", "*apo*": "preposition with genitive - from", "*kriseōs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of judgment", "*geennēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of Gehenna/hell" }, "variants": { "*Opheis*": "serpents/snakes", "*gennēmata*": "offspring/brood/children", "*echidnōn*": "of vipers/poisonous snakes", "*phygēte*": "escape/flee/avoid", "*kriseōs*": "judgment/condemnation/sentence", "*geennēs*": "Gehenna/hell/place of punishment" } }
• Rom 3:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Romans.3.13", "source": "Τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν· ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν:", "text": "*Taphos aneōgmenos ho larynx autōn*; *tais glōssais autōn edoliousan*; *ios aspidōn hypo ta cheilē autōn*:", "grammar": { "*Taphos*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - tomb/grave", "*aneōgmenos*": "participle, perfect passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having been opened", "*ho larynx*": "article + noun, nominative, masculine, singular - the throat", "*autōn*": "pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of them", "*tais glōssais*": "article + noun, dative, feminine, plural - with the tongues", "*autōn*": "pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of them", "*edoliousan*": "verb, imperfect active, 3rd person plural - they were deceiving", "*ios*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - poison/venom", "*aspidōn*": "noun, genitive, feminine, plural - of asps/of vipers", "*hypo*": "preposition + accusative - under", "*ta cheilē*": "article + noun, accusative, neuter, plural - the lips", "*autōn*": "pronoun, genitive, masculine, plural - of them" }, "variants": { "*Taphos aneōgmenos*": "open tomb/opened grave", "*larynx*": "throat/gullet", "*edoliousan*": "were deceiving/were practicing deceit/were speaking deceitfully", "*ios*": "poison/venom/deadly substance", "*aspidōn*": "of asps/of poisonous snakes/of vipers" } }
• Jas 3:8 : 8 { "verseID": "James.3.8", "source": "Τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.", "text": "The *de* *glōssan* *oudeis* *dynatai* of *anthrōpōn* to *damasai*; *akatascheton* *kakon*, *mestē* of *iou* *thanatēphorou*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/yet", "*glōssan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - tongue", "*oudeis*": "nominative, masculine, singular - no one", "*dynatai*": "present indicative, middle, 3rd singular - is able", "*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of humans/men", "*damasai*": "aorist infinitive, active - to tame/subdue", "*akatascheton*": "nominative, neuter, singular - uncontrollable/restless", "*kakon*": "nominative, neuter, singular - evil/bad thing", "*mestē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - full", "*iou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - poison/venom", "*thanatēphorou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - death-bringing/deadly" }, "variants": { "*akatascheton*": "uncontrollable/restless/untameable", "*kakon*": "evil/bad thing/harm", "*mestē*": "full/filled", "*iou*": "poison/venom", "*thanatēphorou*": "death-bringing/deadly/fatal" } }
• Deut 32:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.33", "source": "חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃", "text": "*ḥămaṯ* *tannînîm* *yênām*, and-*rōʾš* *pəṯānîm* *ʾaḵzār*.", "grammar": { "*ḥămaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - venom of", "*tannînîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - serpents/dragons/sea monsters", "*yênām*": "noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their wine", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - venom of", "*pəṯānîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - cobras/asps/vipers", "*ʾaḵzār*": "adjective, masculine, singular - cruel/deadly" }, "variants": { "*ḥămaṯ*": "venom/poison/fury", "*tannînîm*": "serpents/dragons/sea monsters/jackals", "*yênām*": "their wine/their drink", "*rōʾš*": "venom/poison/gall/bitterness", "*pəṯānîm*": "cobras/asps/vipers", "*ʾaḵzār*": "cruel/deadly/merciless" } }
• Job 20:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Job.20.14", "source": "לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*laḥmô* *bĕ-* *mēʿāyw* *nehpāk* *mĕrôrat* *pĕtānîm* *bĕ-* *qirbô*", "grammar": { "*laḥmô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bread/food", "*bĕ-*": "preposition - in", "*mēʿāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his intestines/bowels", "*nehpāk*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is turned/changed", "*mĕrôrat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - bitterness/poison", "*pĕtānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - cobras/asps", "*bĕ-*": "preposition - in", "*qirbô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his inward part/midst" }, "variants": { "*laḥmô*": "his bread/his food/his nourishment", "*mēʿāyw*": "his intestines/his bowels/his stomach", "*nehpāk*": "is turned/is changed/is transformed", "*mĕrôrat*": "bitterness/poison/venom", "*pĕtānîm*": "cobras/asps/vipers", "*qirbô*": "his inward part/his midst/within him" } }
• Job 20:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.20.16", "source": "רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃", "text": "*rōʾš-* *pĕtānîm* *yînāq* *tahargēhû* *lĕšôn* *ʾepʿeh*", "grammar": { "*rōʾš-*": "noun, masculine singular construct - venom/poison", "*pĕtānîm*": "noun, masculine plural - cobras/asps", "*yînāq*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sucks", "*tahargēhû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it kills him", "*lĕšôn*": "noun, feminine singular construct - tongue", "*ʾepʿeh*": "noun, masculine singular - viper" }, "variants": { "*rōʾš-*": "venom/poison/head", "*pĕtānîm*": "cobras/asps/vipers", "*yînāq*": "sucks/draws in/nurses", "*tahargēhû*": "kills him/slays him/murders him", "*lĕšôn*": "tongue/language", "*ʾepʿeh*": "viper/snake/adder" } }