Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And stings like a
King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Holman Bible
and stings like a viper.
International Standard Version
Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.
American Standard Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Amplified
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
Bible in Basic English
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Darby Translation
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Julia Smith Translation
Its latter state it will bite as serpent, and sting as a viper.
King James 2000
At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.
Modern King James verseion
At the last it bites like an asp and stings like an adder.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
NET Bible
Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
New Heart English Bible
In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.
The Emphasized Bible
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
Webster
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
World English Bible
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Youngs Literal Translation
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Themes
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Asp » Injurious effects of wine
or adder Asp » (venom of), of injurious effects of wine
Chastity » Drunkenness destructive to
Drunkenness » What alcohol does
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Adder or asp
Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
31
When it
When it
And stings like a
And your
Cross References
Exodus 7:5-6
Exodus 7:12
For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
Job 20:16
The viper’s tongue slays him.
Proverbs 5:11
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Isaiah 28:3
Isaiah 28:7-8
They are confused by wine, they stagger from
They reel while
They totter when rendering judgment.
Isaiah 59:5
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
Jeremiah 5:31
And the priests rule
And My people
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 8:17
Adders, for which there is
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
Amos 5:19
And a bear meets him,
And a snake bites him.
Amos 9:3
I will
And though they
From there I will command the
Luke 16:25-26
Romans 6:21
Therefore what