Job 20:16
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
In Context
15Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
17He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
Matthew 3:7And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
Romans 3:13A sepulchre opened [is] their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; 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 →