Job 20:14
His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,
15Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,—And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust:
2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age-abiding times,—because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;
Psalms 51:8Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.
Proverbs 20:17Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness 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 →