Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Deuteronomy 32:33 in other translations
| BSB | Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. |
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| WEB | Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps. |
| ASV | Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps. |
| YLT | The poison of dragons is their wine And the fierce venom of asps. |
| DARBY | Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers. |
| BBE | Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes. |
| Webster | Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. |
What does Deuteronomy 32:33 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:26-38
The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel, and continues them still to be living witnesses of the truth of the Bible, and to silence unbelievers. They are preserved for wise and holy purposes and the prophecies give us some idea what those purposes are. The Lord will never disgrace the throne of his glory. It is great…
Deuteronomy 32:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:33
- Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
- Job 20:14-16
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 20:14-16; Ps 58:4; 140:3; Jer 8:14; *marg:
Ro 3:13
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Deuteronomy 32:32
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
- Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Deuteronomy 32:34
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
Deuteronomy 32:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Veneno de dragones es su vino, y ponzoña cruel de áspides. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Leur vin est un venin de monstres et un poison cruel d’aspic. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gift der Drachen ist ihr Wein und grausames Gift der Nattern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fel draconum vinum eorum, et venenum aspidum insanabile. |