Proverbs 23:32 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

English ASV

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

English Amplified

At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

English EASY 2024

In the end, it will bite you, like a snake with its poison.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But in the end, it will bite like a snake.

In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Later it bites like a snake and strikes like a poisonous snake.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

English KJV 1611

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

English LSB

At the end—like a serpent it bites, And like a viper it stings.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

In the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

but in the end it bites like a serpent, or like a poisonous adder.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent.

English NIV

In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

English NKJ 1982

At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.

English NLT

For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like a viper.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

for drunkenness brings the sting of a serpent, like the fangs of a viper spreading poison into your soul.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like an adder.

English Tyndale 1537

It goeth down softly, but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.

Proverbs 23:32 — Compare Translations