Jeremiah 8:17 - Tree of Life Version “For I am about to send serpents on you, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you.” It is a declaration of Adonai. 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, there is no profit for the charmer.
Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken. For from the serpent’s root comes a viper and its fruit will be a flying serpent.
It will be as when a man is fleeing from a lion—and meets a bear! Or he comes home, leans his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him!
If they should hide themselves at the top of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there. If they hide themselves from My eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them.
So Adonai sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people and many of the people of Israel died.
Wasted by famine, ravaged by plague and pestilence so bitter, fangs of beasts I’ll let loose on them, with venom of creepers in the dust.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads by which they inflict injuries.