32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.


In Context

29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

30 They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:32 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:32In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:32But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:32In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:32Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.