Job 20:16
The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper's tongue will slay him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
17He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17The man of kindness doth good to his own soul; but he that troubleth his own flesh is cruel.
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 →