And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on ('hanging from') his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer - an impression which might be strengthened by seeing the chains on his hands;
Whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. Thus it appears they believed in a supreme, resistless, avenging Eye and Hand-vague though doubtless their notions, were of where it resided.