Thematic Bible: Vipers, poisonous serpents
Thematic Bible
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land ofdistress and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
Theycarry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures oncamels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
The viper’s tongue slays him.
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.