The woman answered the snake, “{No! God did not say that!} We can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Psalm 58:4 - Easy To Read Version Their anger is as dangerous\par as snake venom. {\cf2\super [341]} \par And, like cobras that can’t hear,\par they refuse to listen to the truth.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder or asp that stops its ear, American Standard Version (1901) Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, Common English Bible Their venom is like a snake’s venom— like a deaf cobra’s—one that shuts its ears Catholic Public Domain Version For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me: |
The woman answered the snake, “{No! God did not say that!} We can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.
But that evil will become poison\par in his stomach.\par It will be like bitter poison inside him,\par like a snake’s poison.\par
The evil person’s drink will be\par like the poison from snakes.\par The snake’s fangs will kill him.\par
Their tongues are like poisonous snakes.\par It is like snake poison is under their tongue.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [638]})\i0 \par
Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par
A person might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites someone when he is not around. \{Wisdom is like that.\}
A baby will be able to play near a cobra’s {\cf2\super [134]} home. A baby will be able to put his hand into the home of a poisonous snake.
“People of Judah,\par I am sending poisonous snakes {\cf2\super [73]} \par to attack you.\par Those snakes can’t be controlled.\par Those snakes will bite you.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
“You are snakes! You are from a family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and go to hell!
Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?
“People’s mouths are like open graves;\par they use their tongues for telling lies.”\par \i (Psalm 5:9)\i0 \par
But no person can tame (control) the tongue. It is wild and evil. It is full of poison that can kill.