Psalm 58:5
New International Version
that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

New Living Translation
ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play.

English Standard Version
so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

Berean Standard Bible
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

King James Bible
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

New King James Version
Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.

New American Standard Bible
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

NASB 1995
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

NASB 1977
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

Legacy Standard Bible
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

Amplified Bible
So that it does not listen to the voice of charmers, Or of the skillful enchanter casting [cunning] spells.

Christian Standard Bible
that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.

American Standard Version
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That will not hear the voice of the charmer or conjurer or of a wise man.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.

Contemporary English Version
that refuses to listen to the snake charmer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

English Revised Version
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
so that it cannot hear the voice of a snake charmer or of anyone trained to cast spells.

Good News Translation
which does not hear the voice of the snake charmer, or the chant of the clever magician.

International Standard Version
refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Or of the most cunning binder of spells.

Literal Standard Version
Which does not listen to the voice of whisperers, | A charmer of most skillful charms.

Majority Standard Bible
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

New American Bible
So as not to hear the voice of the charmer or the enchanter with cunning spells.

NET Bible
that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

New Revised Standard Version
so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

New Heart English Bible
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Webster's Bible Translation
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

World English Bible
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Young's Literal Translation
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

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Context
God Judges the Earth
4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, 5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell. 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:11
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

Psalm 7:12
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Jeremiah 8:17
"For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Which.

charming never so wisely.

Deuteronomy 18:11
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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Psalm 58
1. David reproves wicked judges
3. describes the nature of the wicked
6. devotes them to God's judgments
10. whereat the righteous shall rejoice














(5) Charmers.--Heb., melachashim, a word undoubtedly formed from the sound made by the charmer in imitating the snake, in order to entice it from its hole. Lane, in Modern Egyptians, describing a snake charmer at his task, says: "He assumes an air of mystery, strikes the walls with a short palm stick, whistles, makes a clacking noise with his tongue." The art of serpent charming, and the magic connected with it, was of great antiquity in Egypt, and passed thence to surrounding countries.

Charming never so wisely.--Literally, one tying knots wisely, i.e., a most skilful charmer.

Verse 5. - Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers. Serpent charmers are alluded to in Ecclesiastes 10:11 and Jeremiah 6:17. They have at all times been common in the East, as they are still in India; and it is with reason suspected that the magicians of Pharaoh employed the art in their contest with Moses and Aaron. Charming never so wisely; literally, though they bind their spells skilfully.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

it need not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

heed
יִ֭שְׁמַע (yiš·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the tune
לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of the charmer
מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים (mə·la·ḥă·šîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3907: To whisper, to mumble a, spell

who skillfully
מְחֻכָּֽם׃ (mə·ḥuk·kām)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2449: To be wise

weaves his spell.
חוֹבֵ֖ר (ḥō·w·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2266: To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm


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