Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh.

New American Standard Bible

“For behold, I am sending serpents against you,
Adders, for which there is no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

King James Version

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

Holman Bible

Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,
poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

International Standard Version

Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."

A Conservative Version

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.

American Standard Version

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

Amplified


“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

Darby Translation

For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.

King James 2000

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For look, I [am] letting loose among you snakes, adders for which there is no incantation, and they will bite you," {declares} Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.

NET Bible

The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you."

New Heart English Bible

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you," says the LORD.

Webster

For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For, behold, I will send
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 31

צפעני צפע 
Tsepha` 
Usage: 5

among you, which will not be charmed
לחשׁ 
Lachash 
Usage: 5

נשׁך 
Nashak 
Usage: 16

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

Context Readings

The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help

16 From Dan, was heard the snorting of his horses At the sound of the neighing of his chargers, the whole land trembled, - Yea they came in and did sat up The land and the fulness thereof, The city, and them who were dwelling therein. 17 For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh. 18 When I would have cheered myself against sorrow, Against me, mine own heart sickened: -

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:24

The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence, - And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust:

Psalm 58:4-5

Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;

Numbers 21:6

And Yahweh sent among the people the poisonous serpents, and they bit the people, - and much people out of Israel died.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If a serpent will bite, unless he is charmed, then there is nothing better for him that owneth a tongue.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, Philistia, any of thee, In that the rod of him that smote thee, is broken, - For, out of the root of the serpent, shall come forth, a viper, And his fruit be a fiery dragon that flieth.

Amos 5:19

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him - a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him - a serpent!

Amos 9:3

And, though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, from thence, will I search for them and take them, - and, though they conceal themselves from before mine eyes at the bottom of the sea, from thence, will I command the serpent and he shall bite them;

Revelation 9:19

for, the licence of the horses, is, in their mouth, and in their tails, for, their tails, are like unto serpents, having heads, and, with them, they injure.

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