Parallel Verses

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.

The Emphasized Bible

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

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 is heard the snorting of his horses;
At the sound of the neighing of his stallions
The whole land quakes;
For they come and devour the land and its fullness,
The city and its inhabitants.
17 “For behold, I am sending serpents against you,
Adders, for which there is no charm,
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
18 My sorrow is beyond healing,
My heart is faint within me!

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

Psalm 58:4-5

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

Numbers 21:6

The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Isaiah 14:29

“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a flying serpent.

Amos 5:19

As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.

Amos 9:3

“Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will search them out and take them from there;
And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.

Revelation 9:19

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

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