Proverbios 23:32

32 mas al fin morderá como serpiente, y como basilisco dará dolor

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 23:32 In-Context

30 Para los que se detienen junto al vino, para los que van buscando la mixtura

31 No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso, se entra suavemente

32 mas al fin morderá como serpiente, y como basilisco dará dolor

33 Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades

34 Y serás como el que duerme en medio del mar, y como el que se acuesta junto al timón