Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Psalms 58:4

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poison: Psa 140:3; Ecc 10:11; Rom 3:13; Jam 3:8 like: Heb. according to the likeness of serpent: Mat 3:7, Mat 23:33 the deaf: Jer 8:17, adder or asp, Pethen, is no doubt the boeten of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it κουφη, deaf. Job 20:14, Job 20:16; Isa 11:8 Psalms 58:5

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