Psalm 58:4
Strong's Lexicon
Their venom
חֲמַת־ (ḥă·maṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2534: 1) heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles 1a) heat 1a1) fever 1a2) venom, poison (fig.) 1b) burning anger, rage

[is] like
כִּדְמ֥וּת (kiḏ·mūṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1823: n f 1) likeness, similitude adv 2) in the likeness of, like as

the poison
חֲמַת־ (ḥă·maṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2534: 1) heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles 1a) heat 1a1) fever 1a2) venom, poison (fig.) 1b) burning anger, rage

of a serpent,
נָחָ֑שׁ (nā·ḥāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5175: 1) serpent, snake 1a) serpent 1b) image (of serpent) 1c) fleeing serpent (mythological)

like
כְּמוֹ־ (kə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3644: adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

a cobra
פֶ֥תֶן (p̄e·ṯen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6620: 1) a snake, venomous serpent 1a) perhaps the cobra, adder, or viper

that shuts
חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ (ḥê·rêš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2795: 1) deaf

יַאְטֵ֥ם (ya’·ṭêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 331: 1) to shut, shut up, close 1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips) 1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

its ears,
אָזְנֽוֹ׃ (’ā·zə·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 241: 1) ear, as part of the body 2) ear, as organ of hearing 3) (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

Young's Literal Translation
Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

New American Standard Bible
They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

King James Bible
Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

New Living Translation
They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,

English Standard Version
They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

New American Standard Bible
They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

International Standard Version
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,

NET Bible
Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

American Standard Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

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

Young's Literal Translation
Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

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.

Jeremiah 19:15
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalm 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalm 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Psalm 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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