Job 20:16

He shall suck the poison of asps; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

In Context

15He hath glutted himself with riches, And he shall throw them up again; Yea, God shall cast them out of his body.

17He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:17He that doeth good to himself is a man of kindness; But he that tormenteth his own flesh is cruel.

Matthew 3:7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have practised deceit. The poison 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 →

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