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


In Context

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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 imagine confusing things.

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

Proverbs 23:32 in Other Translations

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.