And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.’
Luke 3:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) John said to the crowds coming out to be baptised by him, ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, You offspring of vipers! Who secretly warned you to flee from the coming wrath? American Standard Version (1901) He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Common English Bible Then John said to the crowds who came to be baptized by him, “You children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the angry judgment that is coming soon? Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he said to the crowd that went out in order to be baptized by him: "You progeny of vipers! Who told you to flee from the approaching wrath? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come? |
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.’
They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
‘You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
Confessing their sins, they were baptised by him in the River Jordan.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
‘You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead – Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.