Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.
New American Standard Bible
And stings like a
King James Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Holman Bible
and stings like a viper.
American Standard Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Amplified
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
Bible in Basic English
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Darby Translation
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Julia Smith Translation
Its latter state it will bite as serpent, and sting as a viper.
King James 2000
At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{In the end}, it will bite like a serpent, and it will sting like an adder.
Modern King James verseion
At the last it bites like an asp and stings like an adder.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
NET Bible
Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
New Heart English Bible
In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.
The Emphasized Bible
Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
Webster
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
World English Bible
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Youngs Literal Translation
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Themes
Total abstinence » From intoxicating beverages
Asp » Injurious effects of wine
or adder Asp » (venom of), of injurious effects of wine
Chastity » Drunkenness destructive to
Drunkenness » What alcohol does
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Adder or asp
Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
31 Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32 Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe.
Cross References
Exodus 7:5-6
The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand over Egypt to bring the Israelis out from among them."
Exodus 7:12
So each one threw down his staff and it became a serpent, but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will slay him.
Proverbs 5:11
You will cry out in anguish when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed,
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.
Isaiah 28:3
With hands and feet, that proud garland those drunks of Ephraim will be trampled.
Isaiah 28:7-8
These people also stagger from wine and reel from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger from strong drink; they're drunk from wine; they reel from strong drink, waver when seeing visions, and stumble when rendering decisions.
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch adders' eggs and weave a spider's web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"
Jeremiah 8:17
Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!
Amos 9:3
Even if they hide at the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search and seize them. Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea, from there I will order the serpent to strike them.
Luke 16:25-26
"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.
Romans 6:21
What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.