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Bible in Basic English

Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

New American Standard Bible

“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of cobras.

King James Version

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Holman Bible

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.

International Standard Version

Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra.

A Conservative Version

Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

American Standard Version

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Amplified


“Their wine is the venom of serpents,
And the deadly poison of vipers.

Darby Translation

Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.

Julia Smith Translation

Their wine the wrath of dragons, And the fierce head of asps.

King James 2000

Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Their wine [is] the poison of snakes, and [the] deadly poison of horned vipers.

Modern King James verseion

Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.

NET Bible

Their wine is snakes' poison, the deadly venom of cobras.

New Heart English Bible

Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.

The Emphasized Bible

The poison of large serpents, is their wine, - Yea the fierce venom of asps.

Webster

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

World English Bible

Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.

Youngs Literal Translation

The poison of dragons is their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

is the poison
חמא חמה 
Chemah 
Usage: 124

of dragons
תּנּים תּנּין 
Tanniyn 
Usage: 23

and the cruel
אכזר 
'akzar 
Usage: 4

רושׁ ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 12

Context Readings

Moses' Song

32 For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter: 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes. 34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

Cross References

Psalm 58:4

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

Job 20:14-16

His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

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