VERSE STUDY • KJV

Psalm 58:5

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

Read it in 5 translations

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

refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

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

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;

5 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.

8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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