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Proverbs 23:32
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Proverbs 23:32 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
New Living Translation (NLT)
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For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake; it stings like a viper.
The Message Bible (MSG)
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Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with - the splitting headache, the queasy stomach.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
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Later it bites like a snake and strikes like a poisonous snake.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
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In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent.
Proverbs 23:32 Meaning and Commentary
Proverbs 23:32
FOOTNOTES:
F21 (vrpy) "jecur diffindet", Schultens.
At the last it biteth like a serpent
Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in the head, weakness in the eyes, trembling in the members of the body, palsy, gout, and other distempers, very painful and grievous to be bore; and, what is worse, if the conscience is awakened, sharp and cutting reflections there; and, without true repentance, torments intolerable in the world to come; and stingeth like an adder;
or "spreads" F21, or separates and scatters; that is, its poison. So the Vulgate Latin version, "diffuseth poisons as a basilisk", or "cockatrice"; the Targum and Syriac version,
``as a serpent which flies;''it signifies the same as before.
F21 (vrpy) "jecur diffindet", Schultens.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Proverbs 23:32 In-Context
30
Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
32
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
33
Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
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