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Proverbs 23:32

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

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אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹacharitvoendאַחֲרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “end”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH319the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity(last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.כְּנָחָ֣שׁkenachashas serpentנָחָשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as serpent”, the ordinary formH5175a snake (from its hiss)serpent.יִשָּׁ֑ךְyishakhebiteנָשַׁךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bite”, an unfinished actionH5391to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loanbite, lend upon usury.וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥יukhetsifoniand as adderצֶפַעconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and as adder”, the ordinary formH6848a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)adder, cockatrice.יַפְרִֽשׁyafrishscatterפָּרָשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “scatter”, an unfinished actionH6567to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to woundscatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ δὲ ἔσχατον ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ὄφεως πεπληγὼς ἐκτείνεται, καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κεράστου διαχεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ἰός.