Proverbs 23:32 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”
Proverbs 23:32 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 23:32 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 23:32 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 23:32 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.”
Proverbs 23:32 — World English Bible
Proverbs 23:32 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder. ”
Proverbs 23:32 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 23:32 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Its latter end--as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.”
Proverbs 23:32 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 23:32 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. ”
Proverbs 23:32 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 23:32 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.”
Proverbs 23:32 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 23:32 in Context — Proverbs 23
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
What Does Proverbs 23:32 Mean?
Proverbs 23:32 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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