O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Jeremiah 8:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 See, I am letting snakes loose among you, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible See, I’m sending serpents against you, vipers that you can’t charm, and they will bite you, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For, behold, I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord. |
O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the snake will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.
as if someone fled from a lion and was met by a bear or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall and was bitten by a snake.
Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.
wasting hunger, burning consumption, bitter pestilence. The teeth of beasts I will send against them, with venom of things crawling in the dust.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and with them they inflict harm.