Job 20:16
World English Bible (WEB)
He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
In context
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15 He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16 He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
Job 20:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
- KJV King James Version
- He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay 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.