Proverbs 23:32
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”
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Proverbs 23:32 Context
30They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine. 31Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright. 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things. 34Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- King James Version
At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
- Basic English Bible
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Darby Bible
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Webster's Bible
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
- World English Bible
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible