16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.


In Context

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,

14 His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, but 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 kill him.

17 He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Job 20:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.