Job 20:14
yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
In Context
13though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable + 32:24 Gr. downfall, or falling away.destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.
2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever, because thou hast set me at nought, and thou hast taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be thy wife.
Psalms 32:3Sing to him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 51:8And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?
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 →