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 stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

31 Don't look at the 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 things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

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 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 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.