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Psalms 58:5

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
KJV
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
WEB
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
ASV
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
DARBY
Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
BLB
which will not listen to the voice of those whispering—charmers most skillfully charming.
ÅB
så den ikke hører på slangetemmernes røst, på ham som er kyndig i å besverge.
OTB
Så den ikke hører røsten av besvergere,
Eller en dyktig trollmann.
B1930
så den ikke hører på slangetemmernes røst, på ham som er kyndig i å besverge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 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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  • Deuteronomy 18:11

    Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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  • Isaiah 19:3

    And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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