Psalm 57:4-6 (HB 58:4-6)
The Judeo-Christian tradition’s knowledge of the deaf asp that stops up his own ears stretches back to as early as Psalms.
| Verse | Hebrew Bible | Septuagint | Vulgate |
| 4 | זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם; תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן, דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב. | ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρός, ἐλάλησαν ψεύδη. |
alienati sunt peccatores a vulva erraverunt ab utero locuti sunt falsa |
| 5 | חֲמַת-לָמוֹ, כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת-נָחָשׁ; כְּמוֹ-פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ, יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֹ. | θυμὸς αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν ὁμοίωσιν τοῦ ὄφεως, ὡσεὶ ἀσπίδος κωφῆς καὶ βυούσης τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆς, |
furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas |
| 6 | אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִשְׁמַע, לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים; חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם. | ἥτις οὐκ εἰσακούσεται φωνὴν ἐπᾳδόντων φαρμάκου τε φαρμακευομένου παρὰ σοφοῦ. |
quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium et venefici incantantis sapienter |
Translation can be found here.