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


In Context

13 He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.

15 The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

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

17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

18 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill 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.