Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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.
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 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly: 32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Cross References
Exodus 7:5-6
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
Exodus 7:12
they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.
Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
Proverbs 5:11
and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Isaiah 28:3
The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet;
Isaiah 28:7-8
But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment.
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:17
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amos 5:19
as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos 9:3
and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
Luke 16:25-26
But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.
Romans 6:21
What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.