Job 20:14
Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.
Noyes Bible
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 cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,
Cross References
Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness, So that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice!
Proverbs 20:17The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who anxiety? Who wounds without cause? Who dimness of eyes?
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 →