Isaiah 59:5
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They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
In other translations
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Hebrew words
בֵּיצֵיbeitzeieggs ofH1000צִפְעוֹנִיtzif'onia viperH6848בִּקֵּעוּbike'uthey have hatchedH1234וְקוּרֵיvekureiand webs ofH6980עַכָּבִישׁ'akavisha spiderH5908יֶאֱרֹגוּye'eroguthey weaveH707הָאֹכֵלha'okhelthe [one who] eatsH398מִבֵּיצֵיהֶםmibeitzeihemany of eggs theirH1000יָמוּתyamuthe will dieH4191וְהַזּוּרֶהvehazurehand the pressed [egg]H2116תִּבָּקַעtibaka'it is hatchedH1234אֶפְעֶה׃'ef'eha snakeH660
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Related verses
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Job 8:14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
- Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Proverbs 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
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