Proverbs 23:32

Saying 19

31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

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Berean Standard Bible
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
American Standard Version (1901)
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
Bible in Basic English
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
Free Bible Version
In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
Geneva Bible 1599
In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
King James (Authorized) Version
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
One Unity Resource Bible
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Translation for Translators
because the next morning you will feel like you have been bitten by a poisonous snake [DOU].
Unlocked Literal Bible
In the last it bites like a serpent and it stings like an adder.
Noah Webster Bible
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
World English Bible
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Young's Literal Translation
Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.