13 Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.(A)[a]
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.(B)[b]
14 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.(C)[c]
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
17 and the path of peace they have not known.(D)[d]
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.(E)[e]

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13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[b](B)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[c](C)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[d](D)
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[e](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
  3. Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
  4. Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
  5. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1