אִם־יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ הַנָּחָ֖שׁ בְּלוֹא־לָ֑חַשׁ וְאֵ֣ין יִתְר֔וֹן לְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃
Kung manuklaw ang ahas dahil hindi ito binulungan ng orasyon, walang pakinabang ang bihasa sa paggamit ng dila.
Jerusalem Talmud Peah
Rebbi Samuel ben Naḥman said: One says to the snake, why when you move does your tongue flow? It said to them, that180דְּהוּא = דּוּ. caused it for me181Because of my evil talk (and calumny about God) I was turned into a snake.. What profit do you have from biting? A lion tears up and eats, a wolf tears up and eats; you, what profit do you have from biting182A human who is much too big to swallow.? It said to them (Eccl. 10:11): “If the snake would bite without a whisper,” I would not bite unless it was said to me from heaven: bite! Why do you bite one limb and all limbs feel it? It said to them: Why do you ask me? Ask the master of the tongue183The calumniator. who speaks here and kills in Rome184Hebrew spelling perhaps derived from Greek Ρ́ώμη, “Rome”. The Latin locative Romae, “in Rome”, since the word is preceded by בְּ, “in”, is probably not meant. But redundant constructions involving foreign words are found in the Yerushalmi., speaks in Rome and kills in Syria. Why are you found among fences? It said to them, I broke the fence of the world185By being the first to commit adultery [cf. the author’s The Scholar’s Haggadah (Northvale 1995), pp. 308–309.]
Arakhin
And Reish Lakish asks, "Where do we learn this?" "If the serpent bites before it is charmed, the charmer has no advantage."