Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
Matthew 3:7But 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?
Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on 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 →