Zhēnyán 23:32

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Zhēnyán 23:32 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent
Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in the head, weakness in the eyes, trembling in the members of the body, palsy, gout, and other distempers, very painful and grievous to be bore; and, what is worse, if the conscience is awakened, sharp and cutting reflections there; and, without true repentance, torments intolerable in the world to come; and stingeth like an adder;
or "spreads" ^F21, or separates and scatters; that is, its poison. So the Vulgate Latin version, "diffuseth poisons as a basilisk", or "cockatrice"; the Targum and Syriac version,

``as a serpent which flies;''

it signifies the same as before.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (vrpy) "jecur diffindet", Schultens.

Zhēnyán 23:32 In-Context

30 Jiù shì nà liú lián yìn jiǔ , cháng qù xúnzhǎo tiaóhe jiǔ de rén .

31 Jiǔ fā hóng , zaì bēi zhōng Shǎn shuò , nǐ bùkĕ guānkàn , suīrán xià yān shūchàng , zhōngjiǔ shì yǎo nǐ rú shé , cī nǐ rú dúshé .

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33 Nǐ yǎn bì kànjian yì guaì de shì . ( yì guaì de shì huò zuò yín fù ) nǐ xīn bì fāchū guāi miù de huà .

34 Nǐ bì xiàng tǎng zaì hǎi zhōng , huò xiàng wò zaì wéi gān shang .