Psalms 58:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth{H8686)} 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Eccl 10:11 : 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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 cockatrice' den.
Jer 8:17 : 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation 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 an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Deut 32:33 : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Job 20:14 : 14 Yet his meat 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 tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
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 will not hearken{H8799)} to the voice of charmers{H8764)}, charming {H8802)} never so wisely{H8794)}.
Deut 32:32-34
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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 dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34Is not this laid up in store with me, and 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%
11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Isa 59:4-7
4 verses
73%
4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5They hatch cockatrice' 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; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 58:3
72%
3The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.
Jer 8:17
72%
17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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 whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
5They encourage{H8762)} themselves in an evil matter: they commune{H8762)} of laying snares privily{H8800)}; they say{H8804)}, Who shall see{H8799)} them?
Jer 9:8
70%
8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Prov 4:16
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16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Ps 135:17
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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 cockatrice' den.
Jas 3:8
69%
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Rev 9:19
69%
19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Deut 32:24
69%
24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Ps 59:12
69%
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.
Prov 1:16
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16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Ps 64:7-8
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69%
7But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8So they shall make their own tongue to fall{H8686)} upon themselves: all that see{H8802)} them shall flee away{H8709)}.
Jer 9:5
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5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Job 20:14
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14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Prov 17:4
68%
4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Ps 31:18
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18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Prov 24:2
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2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Jer 9:3
68%
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Ps 115:7
68%
7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
Ps 59:7
68%
7Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
Prov 1:18
68%
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Ps 140:9
67%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Prov 2:15
67%
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Ps 38:12
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12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Jer 5:16
67%
16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Isa 57:4
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4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Ps 36:3
67%
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise{H8687)}, and to do good{H8687)}.
Ps 69:22
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22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Eccl 10:8
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8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Jer 6:28
66%
28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.