Job 20:16
King James Version (KJV)
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In context
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Job 20:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- WEB World English Bible
- He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.