Other translations
American Standard Version
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Darby Bible Translation
If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
God's Word
If a snake bites before it has been charmed, then there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
International Standard Version
If a serpent strikes despite being charmed, there's no point in being a snake charmer.
NET Bible
If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.
New American Standard Bible
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
New International Version
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.
New Living Translation
If a snake bites before you charm it, what's the use of being a snake charmer?
Webster's Bible Translation
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The World English Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
EasyEnglish Bible
Someone may have power over dangerous snakes. But that will not help him if the snake bites him first.
Young‘s Literal Translation
If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.
New Life Version
If the snake bites before it is put under a man’s power, it will not be of help to the man who would have power over it.
The Voice Bible
If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
Living Bible
When the horse is stolen, it is too late to lock the barn.
New Catholic Bible
If a snake bites because it has not been charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
Legacy Standard Bible
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no advantage for the charmer.
Jubilee Bible 2000
If the serpent bites without being enchanted, then the babbler is no more.
Christian Standard Bible
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage for the charmer.
Amplified Bible © 1954
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake].
New Century Version
If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed, what good is the tamer?
The Message
If the snake bites before it’s been charmed, What’s the point in then sending for the charmer? * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to having a charmer.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
Good News Translation®
Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.
Wycliffe Bible
If a serpent biteth, it biteth in silence; he that backbiteth privily, hath nothing less than it (he who privately, or secretly, backbiteth someone is no better).
Contemporary English Version
The power to charm a snake does you no good if it bites you anyway.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
Common English Bible © 2011
If a snake bites before it’s charmed, then there’s no profit for the snake charmer.
Amplified Bible © 2015
If the serpent bites before being charmed, then there is no profit for the charmer.
English Standard Version Anglicised
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then there is no advantage in a charmer.
New American Standard Bible
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no benefit for the charmer.
The Expanded Bible
If a snake bites the ·tamer [charmer] before it is ·tamed [charmed], what good is the ·tamer [charmer]?
Tree of Life Version
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
Revised Standard Version
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
New International Reader's Version
Suppose a snake bites before it is charmed. Then the snake charmer receives no payment.
BRG Bible
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Complete Jewish Bible
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the snake-charmer has no advantage.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
If the nachash will bite before it is charmed, there is no use in a charmer.
Names of God Bible
If a snake bites before it has been charmed, then there is no advantage in being a snake charmer.
Modern English Version
If a serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer.
Easy-to-Read Version
Someone might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites when that person is not around.
International Children’s Bible
Someone might know how to control snakes. But what good is such wisdom if the snake has already bitten him?
Lexham English Bible
If the snake bites before the charming, the snake charmer will not succeed.
New International Version - UK
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.