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Job 20:16

American Standard Version

He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

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Job 20:16 in other translations

He will suck cobra venom.
The viper’s tongue will kill him.

Job 20:16 · World English Bible

Job 20:16 in context

  1. 14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
  2. 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
  3. 16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
  4. 17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
  5. 18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.