Proverbs 23:32

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

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- King James Version

At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
- American Standard Version (1901)

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
- Basic English Bible

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

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Webster's Bible

In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
- World English Bible

Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
- Youngs Literal Bible

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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