Proverbs 23:32
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- KJV
- At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- WEB
- In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
- ASV
- At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
- DARBY
- at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- BLB
- Its end [is] like a serpent—it bites, and like a viper it stings.
- ÅB
- Til sist biter den som en slange og hugger som en huggorm;
- OTB
- for til slutt biter den som en slange og stikker som en hoggorm.
- B1930
- Til sist biter den som en slange og hugger som en huggorm;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 28:7–8
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:3
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Read in contextLuke 16:25–26
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Read in contextExodus 7:12
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
Read in contextAmos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Read in contextJob 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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