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Deuteronomy 32:33 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:33 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 33 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.”
Deuteronomy 32:33 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps—Moses concludes the agricultural metaphor with deadly imagery. The Hebrew chamat tanninim yeinam (חֲמַת תַּנִּינִם יֵינָם, 'poison of dragons their wine') uses chamat (חֲמַת), meaning venom, heat, or fury. Tanninim (תַּנִּינִם) can mean dragons, serpents, or sea monsters—creatures representing chaos and evil. Wine, which should gladden the heart (Psalm 104:15), instead kills when produced from Sodom's vine (v. 32).The parallel phrase ve-rosh petanim akhzar (וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים אַכְזָר, 'and venom of asps cruel') intensifies with ro...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 32:33
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“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:”
“Yet his meat in his bowels is turned”
“and let us enter into the fortified cities”
“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.”