13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
    they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14     (D)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 (E)“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and (F)the way of peace they have not known.”
18     (G)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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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