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Proverbs 23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 23:32 · King James Version

In other versions

  • At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

    ASV

  • In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

    BBE

  • at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

    DBY

  • In the end, it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.

    WEB

  • Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

    YLT

  • At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

    ENG

  • At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

    WBT

  • In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

    BSB

In context

30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

34Yea, 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.

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