Proverbs 23:32

Translations

Modern

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Traditional

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

Literal

Its end is like a serpent—it bites, and like a viper it stings.

Latin

…sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Notes

Proverbs 23:29–35

Saying 18: This saying highlights the foolishness of someone who drinks too much alcohol (see Proverbs 20:1).

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

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