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Proverbs 23:32
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At the end—like a serpent it bites,And like a viper it stings.
At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.
It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
at its last it bites like a snake, and it stings like an adder.
But in the end, it will bite like a snake.
At the last it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like an adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
but later it bites like a poisonous snake.
but in the end, it bites like a serpent — yes, it strikes like a poisonous snake.
In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
For at the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
At the last it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake; it stings like a viper.
In the end it bites like a snake. It stings like the bite of a snake with poison.
But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
In the end, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.
In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
In the end it bites like a snake And stings like a viper.
Later it bites like a snake with poison in its fangs.
The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms.
At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
At: Proverbs 5:11, Isaiah 28:3, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 28:8, Jeremiah 5:31, Exodus 7:5, Exodus 7:6, Exodus 7:12, Luke 16:25, Luke 16:26, Romans 6:21
biteth: Ecclesiastes 10:8, Jeremiah 8:17, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:3
an adder: or, a cockatrice, Isaiah 59:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:21 - and was Psalms 140:3 - like a serpent Proverbs 9:17 - Stolen Isaiah 5:11 - inflame
Gill's Notes on the Bible
At the last it biteth like a serpent,.... Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in the head, weakness in the eyes, trembling in the members of the body, palsy, gout, and other distempers, very painful and grievous to be bore; and, what is worse, if the conscience is awakened, sharp and cutting reflections there; and, without true repentance, torments intolerable in the world to come;
and stingeth like an adder; or "spreads" u, or separates and scatters; that is, its poison. So the Vulgate Latin version, "diffuseth poisons as a basilisk", or "cockatrice"; the Targum and Syriac version,
"as a serpent which flies;''
it signifies the same as before.
u יפרש "jecur diffindet", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it.
Reins - See Job 19:27 note.
Proverbs 23:17
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.”
Proverbs 23:18
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Proverbs 23:20
Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton” in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20.
Proverbs 23:21
The three forms of evil that destroy reputation and tempt to waste are brought together.
Drowsiness - Specially the drunken sleep, heavy and confused.
Proverbs 23:26
Observe - Another reading gives, “let thine eyes delight in my ways.”
Proverbs 23:28
As for a prey - Better as in the margin.
The transgressors - Better, the treacherous,” those that attack men treacherously.
Proverbs 23:29
Woe ... sorrow - The words in the original are interjections, probably expressing distress. The sharp touch of the satirist reproduces the actual inarticulate utterances of drunkenness.
Proverbs 23:30
Mixed wine - Wine flavored with aromatic spices, that increase its stimulating properties Isaiah 5:22. There is a touch of sarcasm in “go to seek.” The word, elsewhere used of diligent search after knowledge Proverbs 25:2; Job 11:7; Psalms 139:1, is used here of the investigations of connoisseurs in wine meeting to test its qualities.
Proverbs 23:31
His color - literally, “its eye,” the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Song of Solomon 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Proverbs 23:32
Adder - Said to be the Cerastes, or horned snake.
Proverbs 23:34
The passage is interesting, as showing the increased familiarity of Israelites with the experiences of sea life (compare Psalms 104:25-26; Psalms 107:23-30).
In the midst of the sea - i. e., When the ship is in the trough of the sea and the man is on the deck. The second clause varies the form of danger, the man is in the “cradle” at the top of the mast, and sleeps there, regardless of the danger.
Proverbs 23:35
The picture ends with the words of the drunkard on waking from his sleep. Unconscious of the excesses of the night, his first thought is to return to his old habit.
When shall I awake ... - Better, when I shall awake I will seek it yet again.
