16
He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
Highlighted
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Head. Hebrew “venom.” Septuagint “the wrath of dragons.” Calmet.—Vipers. The same Hebrew term is elsewhere rendered basilisk, or asp. The precise import of such things is not easily ascertained. Pineda.—Tongue. The ancients thought that serpents communicated the venom by the tongue, or sting. Moderns think they do it rather by the teeth. Calmet.
Private to this browser.