58:4 Their venom is like that of a snake, 1
like a deaf serpent 2 that does not hear, 3
3:13 “Their throats are open graves, 4
they deceive with their tongues,
the poison of asps is under their lips.” 5
3:14 “Their mouths are 6 full of cursing and bitterness.” 7
1 tn Heb “[there is] venom to them according to the likeness of venom of a snake.”
2 tn Or perhaps “cobra” (cf. NASB, NIV). Other suggested species of snakes are “asp” (NEB) and “adder” (NRSV).
3 tn Heb “[that] stops up its ear.” The apparent Hiphil jussive verbal form should be understood as a Qal imperfect with “i” theme vowel (see GKC 168 §63.n).
4 tn Grk “their throat is an opened grave.”
5 sn A quotation from Pss 5:9; 140:3.
6 tn Grk “whose mouth is.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
7 sn A quotation from Ps 10:7.