Job 20:16
He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
15He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
17He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel.
Matthew 3:7Now when he sawe many of the Pharises, and of the Sadduces come to his baptisme, he said vnto them, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the anger to come?
Romans 3:13Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.
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 →