Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
King James Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Holman Bible
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
International Standard Version
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
A Conservative Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
American Standard Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Amplified
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
Bible in Basic English
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Darby Translation
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
Julia Smith Translation
Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;
King James 2000
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops its ear;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear
Modern King James verseion
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like the deaf adder, he stops his ear,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,
NET Bible
Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
New Heart English Bible
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,
The Emphasized Bible
Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;
Webster
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
World English Bible
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Youngs Literal Translation
Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Themes
or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of obstinate rejecters of God's word
Charmers and charming » Of serpents
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Adder or asp
Serpents » Evil men compared to
Serpents » Many kinds of poisonous
Wicked people » Compared with » Serpents
Wicked people » Compared with » Deaf adders
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 58:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Against Injustice
3
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.
4
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Cross References
Psalm 140:3
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment. A slanderer is no better than an uncharmed snake.
Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps (cobras).
Job 20:14
yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of serpents. The fangs of an adder (cobra) will kill him.
Isaiah 11:8
The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra. The weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.
Jeremiah 8:17
I am sending serpents against you, adders, for which there is no charm. They will bite you, says Jehovah.
Matthew 3:7
He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. You offspring of vipers, he said, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 23:33
You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem)
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)
James 3:8
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full of deadly poison.