Job 20:16
The poison of adders, shall he suck, The tongue of the viper shall slay him;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
15Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:
17Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17The man of lovingkindness, dealeth well with his own soul, but the cruel man, troubleth his own flesh.
Matthew 3:7But, seeing, many of the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming unto his immersion, he said to them,—Broods of vipers! who suggested to you, to be fleeing from the coming wrath?
Romans 3:13A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used 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 →