King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Complete Jewish Bible:
"You snakes! Sons of snakes! How can you escape being condemned to Gei Hinnom?
Berean Standard Bible:
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
American Standard Version:
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Ye serpents{G3789}, ye generation{G1081} of vipers{G2191}, how{G4459} can ye{G5343} escape{G575} the damnation{G2920} of hell{G1067}?
Cross-References (KJV):
Matthew 3:7
- ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 12:34
- O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
John 8:44
- Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Matthew 5:22
- But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Luke 3:7
- Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Genesis 3:15
- And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Matthew 21:34
- And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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Commentary for Matthew 23:33
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G3789
There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὄφις
Transliteration: óphis
Pronunciation: of'-is
Description: probably from ὀπτάνομαι (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:--serpent. - Strong's Number: G1081
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: γέννημα
Transliteration: génnēma
Pronunciation: ghen'-nay-mah
Description: from γεννάω; offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively):--fruit, generation. - Strong's Number: G2191
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἔχιδνα
Transliteration: échidna
Pronunciation: ekh'-id-nah
Description: of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively):--viper. - Strong's Number: G4459
There are 100 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: πῶς
Transliteration: pōs
Pronunciation: poce
Description: adverb from the base of ποῦ; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:--how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English). - Strong's Number: G5343
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: φεύγω
Transliteration: pheúgō
Pronunciation: fyoo'-go
Description: apparently a primary verb; to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish:--escape, flee (away). - Strong's Number: G575
There are 1465 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἀπό
Transliteration: apó
Pronunciation: apo'
Description: a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc. - Strong's Number: G2920
There are 47 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: κρίσις
Transliteration: krísis
Pronunciation: kree'-sis
Description: - Strong's Number: G1067
There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: γέεννα
Transliteration: géenna
Pronunciation: gheh'-en-nah
Description: of Hebrew origin (גַּיְא and הִנֹּם); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:--hell.