Job 20:16 “He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.”

Job 20:16

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

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Cross references

“the poison”

Romans 3:13

Romans 3:13 · BSB

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

“the viper's”

Acts 28:3–6 Isaiah 30:6 Matthew 3:7

Acts 28:3–6 · BSB

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

Isaiah 30:6 · BSB

This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the hu…

Matthew 3:7 · BSB

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Also

Deuteronomy 32:24

Deuteronomy 32:24 · BSB

They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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