◄ Psalm 58:5 ►
Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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Which. That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis `In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation.'

charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never so cunning

Deuteronomy 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the middle thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols...



Context
God Judges the Earth

1Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men? 2Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear; 5Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

Darby Bible Translation
Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

King James Bible
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Young's Literal Translation
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

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