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The Bible consistently condemns such practices, associating them with pagan rituals and idolatry, and warning the faithful against engaging in them.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>The Old Testament contains several references to enchantment, often in the context of prohibitions against sorcery and divination. In <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a> , the Israelites are explicitly warned: "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you."<br><br>The practice of enchantment is often linked with false prophets and idolatry. In <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a>,12 , the prophet Isaiah speaks against Babylon, saying, "But these two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells... Persist, then, in your spells and in your many sorceries, at which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!"<br><br><b>New Testament References</b><br><br>In the New Testament, enchantment is addressed in the context of the early church's encounters with pagan practices. <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9-11</a> describes Simon the Sorcerer, who practiced magic in Samaria and amazed the people, claiming to be someone great. However, upon hearing the gospel, Simon believed and was baptized, though his subsequent actions revealed a misunderstanding of the Holy Spirit's power.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also encounters sorcery in <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6-11</a> , where he confronts Elymas the sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet, who attempts to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, rebukes Elymas, resulting in his temporary blindness, demonstrating the power of God over sorcery.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Enchantment, as depicted in the Bible, is seen as a direct challenge to the sovereignty and authority of God. It represents a reliance on human or demonic power rather than trust in the Lord. The biblical narrative consistently portrays enchantment as a futile and dangerous practice that leads individuals away from the truth of God.<br><br>The Bible's condemnation of enchantment underscores the importance of faithfulness to God and His commandments. It serves as a warning to avoid practices that seek to manipulate or control through supernatural means, emphasizing instead a life of obedience and trust in God's providence and power.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ENCHANTMENT</span><p>en-chant'-ment:<br><br>The occult arts, either supposedly or pretentiously supernatural, were common to all oriental races. They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying, augury, necromancy, divination in numberless forms, and all kinds of magic article Nine varieties are mentioned in one single passage in the Pentateuch (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10, 11</a>); other varieties in many passages both in the Old Testament and New Testament, eg. <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26, 31</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9</a> <a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a> <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9, 11</a>; <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6, 8</a> <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Revelation 9:21</a>.<br><br>The extent of the magic arts (forbidden under Judaism and Christianity) may incidentally be seen from the fact that the Scriptures alone refer to their being practiced in Chaldea (<a href="/daniel/5-11.htm">Daniel 5:11</a>), Babylon (<a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Ezekiel 21:21</a>), Assyria (<a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a>), Egypt (<a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11</a>), Canaan (<a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3, 11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26, 31</a>), Asia (Ephesus, <a href="/acts/19-13.htm">Acts 19:13, 19</a>), Greece (<a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a>), Arabia also, as "customs from the East," etc. (<a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a>) indicates. These secret arts were prohibited by the laws of Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a>), inasmuch as they constituted a peculiar temptation to Israel to apostatize. They were a constant incentive to idolatry, clouded the mind with superstition, tended and were closely allied to imposture (<a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a>). The term "enchantment" is found only in the Old Testament and its Hebrew originals indicate its varieties.<br><br>(1) laTim, and lehaTim "to wrap up," "muffie," "cover," hence, "clandestine," "secret." It was this hidden element that enabled the magicians of Egypt to impose on the credulity of Pharaoh in imitating or reproducing the miracles of Moses and Aaron; "They. did in like manner with their enchantments" (<a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11, 22</a>). Their inability to perform a genuine miracle is shown by <a href="/exodus/8-18.htm">Exodus 8:18</a>.<br><br>(2) nachash, "to hiss," "whisper" referring to the mutterings of sorcerers in their incantations. Used as a derivative noun this Hebrew word means "a serpent." This involves the idea of cunning and subtlety. Although employed in the wider sense of augury or prognostication, its fundamental meaning is divination by serpents. This was the form of enchantment sought by Balaam (<a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Numbers 24:1</a>). Its impotence against the people of God is shown by <a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Numbers 23:23</a> m. Shalmaneser forced this forbidden art upon the Israelites whom he carried captive to Assyria (<a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a>). It was also one of the heathen practices introduced during the apostasy under Ahab, against which Elijah protested (compare <a href="/1_kings/21-20.htm">1 Kings 21:20</a>).<br><br>(3) lachash, "to whisper," "mutter," an onomatopoetic word, like the above, in imitation of the hiss of serpents. It is used of the offensive practice of serpent charming referred to in <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:11</a>, and as Delitzsch says, in the place cited., "signifies the whispering of formulas of charming." See also <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Isaiah 3:3</a>, "skilful enchanter"; <a href="/jeremiah/8-17.htm">Jeremiah 8:17</a>, "serpents, cockatrices (the Revised Version (British and American) "adders"). which will not be charmed"; <a href="/psalms/58-4.htm">Psalm 58:4, 5</a>, "the voice of charmers (the Revised Version, margin "enchanters"), charming never so wisely." Ophiomancy, the art of charming serpents, is still practiced in the East.<br><br>(4) chebher, "spell," from chabhar, "to bind," hence, "to bind with spells," "fascinate," "charm," descriptive of a species of magic practiced by binding knots. That this method of imposture, eg. the use of the magic knot for exorcism and other purposes, was common, is indicated by the monuments of the East. The moral mischief and uselessness of this and other forms of enchantment are clearly shown in <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9, 12</a>. This word is also used of the charming of serpents (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-11.htm">Deuteronomy 18:11</a> <a href="/psalms/58-5.htm">Psalm 58:5</a>).<br><br>(5) `anan, "to cover," "to cloud," hence, "to use covert arts." This form of divination was especially associated with idolatry (so Gesenius, Hebrew Lexicon). Delitzsch, however, in a note on this word (<a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a>), doubts the meaning "conceal" and thinks that it signifies rather "to gather auguries from the clouds." He translates it "cloud-interpretive" (<a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a>). This view is not generally supported. Rendered "enchanters" (<a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "soothsayers"; so also in <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a>). Often translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "practice augury," as in <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10, 14</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a>; a form of magical art corresponding in many respects to that of the Greek mantis, who uttered oracles in a state of divine frenzy. Septuagint kledonizomai, i.e. augury through the reading or acceptance of a sign or omen. A kindred form of enchantment is mentioned in the New Testament (<a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a>; Greek goetes, "enchanters," "jugglers," the original indicating that the incantations were uttered in a kind of howl; rendered "seducers" the King James Version, "impostors" the Revised Version (British and American); compare <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20</a>). The New Testament records the names of several magicians who belonged to this class of conscious impostors: Simon Magus (<a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9</a>); Bar-Jesus and Elymas (<a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6, 8</a>); the slave girl with the spirit of Python ("divination," <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a>); "vagabond (the Revised Version (British and American) "strolling") Jews, exorcists" (<a href="/acts/19-13.htm">Acts 19:13</a>; compare <a href="/luke/11-19.htm">Luke 11:19</a>); also the magicians of Moses' day, named Jannes and Jambres (<a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a>).<br><br>All these forms of enchantment claimed access through supernatural insight or aid, to the will of the gods and the secrets of the spirit world. In turning away faith and expectation from the living God, they struck a deadly blow at the heart of true religion. From the enchanters of the ancient Orient to the medicine-men of today, all exponents of the "black art" exercise a cruel tyranny over the benighted people, and multitudes of innocent victims perish in body and soul under their subtle impostures. In no respect is the exalted nature of the Hebrew and Christian faiths more clearly seen than in their power to emancipate the human mind and spirit from the mental and moral darkness, the superstition and fear, and the darkening effect of these occult and deadly articles.<br><br>For more detailed study see DIVINATION; ASTROLOGY.<br><br>Dwight M. Pratt<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5331.htm"><span class="l">5331. pharmakeia -- the use of medicine, drugs or spells</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pharmakeia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (far-mak-i'-ah) Short Definition: magic, sorcery, <b>enchantment</b> Definition: magic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5331.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5173.htm"><span class="l">5173. nachash -- divination, <b>enchantment</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5172, 5173. nachash. 5174 . divination, <b>enchantment</b>. Transliteration: nachash<br> Phonetic Spelling: (nakh'-ash) Short Definition: omen. <b>...</b> <b>enchantment</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5173.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5172.htm"><span class="l">5172. nachash -- to practice divination, observe signs</span></a><br><b>...</b> certainly, divine, enchanter, use <b>enchantment</b>, learn by experience, diligently<br> observe. A primitive root; properly, to hiss, ie Whisper <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5172.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3858.htm"><span class="l">3858. lahat -- a flame</span></a><br><b>...</b> flaming, <b>enchantment</b> From lahat; a blaze; also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic<br> (as covert) -- flaming, <b>enchantment</b>. see HEBREW lahat. 3857, 3858. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3858.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3908.htm"><span class="l">3908. lachash -- a whispering, charming</span></a><br><b>...</b> prayer (1). charmed, earring, <b>enchantment</b>, orator, prayer. From lachash;<br> properly, a whisper, ie By implication, (in a good sense <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3908.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2267.htm"><span class="l">2267. cheber -- company, association, spell</span></a><br><b>...</b> charmer company, <b>enchantment</b>, wide. From chabar; a society; also a spell -- + charmer(-<br> ing), company, <b>enchantment</b>, X wide. see HEBREW chabar. 2266, 2267. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2267.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/825.htm"><span class="l">825. ashshaph -- a conjurer, necromancer</span></a><br><b>...</b> astrologer. From an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, ie Practice <b>enchantment</b>);<br> a conjurer -- astrologer. 824, 825. ashshaph. 826 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/825.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_100_the_enchantment_dissolved.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Enchantment</b> Dissolved.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> IV. CREATION. Hymn 100 The <b>enchantment</b> dissolved. John Newton 8,8,6,8,8,6.<br> The <b>enchantment</b> dissolved. Blinded in youth by Satan's arts,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../newton/olney hymns/hymn 100 the enchantment dissolved.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bertrand/saint_augustin/the_second_part_the_enchantment.htm"><span class="l">The Second Part the <b>Enchantment</b> of Carthage</span></a> <br><b>...</b> SAINT AUGUSTIN THE SECOND PART THE <b>ENCHANTMENT</b> OF CARTHAGE. Amare et<br> amari. "To love and to be loved." Confessions, III, i. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bertrand/saint augustin/the second part the enchantment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xv_the_general_service.htm"><span class="l">The General Service to Two or Many Martyrs.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for having justly preached before the enemies the Uncreated Trinity, they have<br> extinguished with the outpouring of their blood the <b>enchantment</b> of polytheism <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xv the general service.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_law_of_love.htm"><span class="l">The Law of Love</span></a> <br><b>...</b> There is an old legend spread through many lands, which tells how a princess who<br> had been changed by <b>enchantment</b> into a loathly serpent, was set free by being <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the law of love.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingston/the_seven_champions_of_christendom/chapter_thirteen_saint_george_kills.htm"><span class="l">Saint George Kills the Enchanter Osmond.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "Now, by my halidom, but I will fetter this monster and break the <b>enchantment</b>, or<br> never see this place again." In vain the Princess Sabra entreated him not to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter thirteen saint george kills.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xvii_the_general_service.htm"><span class="l">The General Service to Two or Many Hieromartyrs.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Kindled mentally with the fire of the Comforter, ye have, O hieromartyrs, extinguished<br> the flames of <b>enchantment</b> of the wicked one, rejoicing thereat. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xvii the general service.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xxiv_general_service_to.htm"><span class="l">General Service to a Nun-Martyr.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Tone 2: With the voice of gladness and in loud psalmodies let us hymn the holy martyr<br> (mentioned by name), since she hath put down the <b>enchantment</b> of idols and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxiv general service to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xvi_the_general_service.htm"><span class="l">The General Service to one Hieromartyr</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Thou hast put an end to the heterodoxy of the <b>enchantment</b>, having put to shame the<br> godlessness of idol-worship, and having been made a divine burnt offering <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xvi the general service.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xiv_the_general_service.htm"><span class="l">The General Service to one Martyr.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Stavro-theotokion: By the cross of thy Son, O full of God's grace, the <b>enchantment</b><br> of idols hath been done away with and the might of demons vanquished. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xiv the general service.htm</font><p><a href="/library/fagg/forty_years_in_south_china/i_the_ancestral_home.htm"><span class="l">The Ancestral Home</span></a> <br><b>...</b> father, David T. Talmage. He says: "I have stood, for the last few days,<br> as under the power of an <b>enchantment</b>. Last Friday-a-week <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/fagg/forty years in south china/i the ancestral home.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/enchantment.htm"><span class="l"><b>Enchantment</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break<br> an <b>enchantment</b>. <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ENCHANTMENT</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/enchantment.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/magic.htm"><span class="l">Magic (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained<br> by a study of occult science, including <b>enchantment</b>, conjuration, witchcraft <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/magic.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/incantation.htm"><span class="l">Incantation</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies,<br> for the purpose of raising spirits, producing <b>enchantment</b>, or affecting <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/incantation.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/magician.htm"><span class="l">Magician (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. Hostility to Magic 2. Potency of Magical Words 3. Influence of Charms V. MAGICAL<br> TERMS USED IN THE BIBLE 1. Divination 2. Sorcery 3. <b>Enchantment</b> 4. Amulets 5 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/magician.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/enchanters.htm"><span class="l">Enchanters (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/enchanters.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/enchantments.htm"><span class="l">Enchantments (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/enchantments.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/necromancy.htm"><span class="l">Necromancy</span></a><br><b>...</b> (n.) The art of revealing future events by means of communication with the dead;<br> the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; <b>enchantment</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/necromancy.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/omen.htm"><span class="l">Omen (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> God. (Root in WEY RSV). Numbers 23:23 Surely there is no <b>enchantment</b> with<br> Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/omen.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/enchant.htm"><span class="l">Enchant (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To charm by sorcery; to act on by<br><b>enchantment</b>; to get control of by magical words and rites. 2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/enchant.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/enchanter.htm"><span class="l">Enchanter (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also,<br> one who delights as by an <b>enchantment</b>. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/enchanter.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-enchantment.html">What does the Bible say about enchantment? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/content_topical_alternative.html">Topical: Alternative Spirituality ' Article Index | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-sorcery.html">What does the Bible say about sorcery? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/enchantment.htm">Enchantment: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Enchantment (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a></span><br />"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/23-23.htm">Numbers 23:23</a></span><br />Surely there is no <span class="boldtext">enchantment</span> with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a></span><br />He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:11</a></span><br />Surely the serpent will bite without <span class="boldtext">enchantment</span>; and a babbler is no better. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/enchantment.htm">Enchantment</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a 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