King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

חֲמַ֥תchamatangerחֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).תַּנִּינִ֖םtaninimserpentתַּנִּיןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “serpent”, the ordinary formH8577a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackaldragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.יֵינָ֑םyeynamwineיַיִןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3196wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxicationbanqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).וְרֹ֥אשׁveroshand poisonרֹאשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and poison”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7219a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)gall, hemlock, poison, venom.פְּתָנִ֖יםpetanimadderפֶּתֶןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “adder”, the ordinary formH6620an asp (from its contortions)adder.אַכְזָֽרakhzarcruelאַכְזָרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “cruel”, the ordinary formH393violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) bravecruel, fierce.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Young’s Literal Translation

The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

World English Bible

Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.

Darby Translation

Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.

Douay-Rheims

Their wine is the gall of dragons, and the venom of asps, which is incurable.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Their wine is the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θυμὸς δρακόντων ὁ οἶνος αὐτῶν, καὶ θυμὸς ἀσπίδων ἀνίατος.