If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
Jeremiah 8:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you, poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed. They will bite you. This is the Lord’s declaration. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.
If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads that inflict injury.