- the deaf:
- "For,¹ behold,¹ I will sendª° serpents,ª cockatrices,ª among you, which¹ [will] not¹ [be] charmed,ª and they shall biteª° you, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 8:17}, adder or asp, Pethen, is no doubt the boeten of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it κουφη, deaf. "[Yet] his meatª in his bowelsª is turned,ª° [it is] the gallª of aspsª withinª him." {Job 20:14} + "He shall suckª° the poisonª of asps:ª the viper'sª tongueª shall slayª° him." {Job 20:16} + "And the sucking¹ child²° shall playª° on¹ the holeª of the asp,ª and the weaned childª° shall putª° his handª on¹ the cockatrice'ª den.ª" {Isa 11:8}
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