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Psalm 58

Sal. 58:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which will not hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
to the voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of charmers
lachash (Hebrew #3907)
to whisper; by implication, to mumble a spell (as a magician)
KJV usage: charmer, whisper (together).
Pronounce: law-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
, βcharming
cheber (Hebrew #2267)
a society; also a spell
KJV usage: + charmer(- ing), company, enchantment, X wide.
Pronounce: kheh'-ber
Origin: from 2266
chabar (Hebrew #2266)
to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
KJV usage: charm(- er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
Pronounce: khaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
never so wisely
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
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or, be the charmer never so cunning.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Which.That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients.
Virgil, and many others state the fact:--{Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis.}
"In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."charming never so wisely.
or, be the charmer never socunning.
Dt. 18:11• 11Ni fraguador de encantamentos, ni quien pregunte á pitón, ni mágico, ni quien pregunte á los muertos. (Dt. 18:11)
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Is. 19:3• 3Y el espíritu de Egipto se desvanecerá en medio de él, y destruiré su consejo; y preguntarán á sus imágenes, á sus mágicos, á sus pythones y á sus adivinos. (Is. 19:3)
• It is of the serpent, in its nature devilish; and they refuse any and every attracting power and influence, whatever it may be. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.