59:5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake
and spin a spider’s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
a poisonous snake is hatched. 1
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 2
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 3
1 tn Heb “that which is pressed in hatches [as] a snake.”
2 tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”
3 tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”