Isaiah 59:5
ContextNET © | 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 |
NIV © | They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched. |
NASB © | They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth. |
NLT © | They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions. |
MSG © | They hatch snake eggs and weave spider webs. Eat an egg and die; break an egg and get a snake! |
BBE © | They give birth to snake’s eggs, and make spider’s threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake. |
NRSV © | They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and the crushed egg hatches out a viper. |
NKJV © | They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. |
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LXXM | basiliskov {N-ASM} |
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NET © | 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 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “that which is pressed in hatches [as] a snake.” |