Job 20:16
He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
15The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
17(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17A merciful man doth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel casteth off even his own kindred.
Matthew 3:7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 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:… Read the whole commentary →