Psalms 58:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Eccl 10:11 : 11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Isa 11:8 : 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
Jer 8:17 : 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Jas 3:8 : 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
Job 20:14 : 14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
Job 20:16 : 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 140:3
81%
3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Rom 3:13-15
3 verses
80%
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Ps 58:5
79%
5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
Deut 32:32-34
3 verses
78%
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
Prov 23:32
76%
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Job 20:16
74%
16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
Eccl 10:11
73%
11If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Isa 59:4-7
4 verses
73%
4None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 58:3
72%
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Jer 8:17
72%
17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Ps 5:9
72%
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 64:3-5
3 verses
71%
3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
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Jer 9:8
70%
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Prov 4:16
70%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 135:17
70%
17They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Isa 11:8
70%
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
Jas 3:8
69%
8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
Rev 9:19
69%
19For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt.
Deut 32:24
69%
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Ps 59:12
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Prov 1:16
69%
16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Ps 64:7-8
2 verses
69%
7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
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Jer 9:5
68%
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Job 20:14
68%
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Prov 17:4
68%
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Prov 24:2
68%
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Jer 9:3
68%
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Ps 115:7
68%
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Ps 59:7
68%
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Prov 1:18
68%
18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Ps 140:9
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9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Prov 2:15
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Ps 38:12
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Jer 5:16
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16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Isa 57:4
67%
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Ps 36:3
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3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Ps 69:22
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Eccl 10:8
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8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
Jer 6:28
66%
28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.