Parallel Verses
NET Bible
his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
New American Standard Bible
To the
King James Version
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Holman Bible
into cobras’ venom inside him.
International Standard Version
his food will turn rancid in his stomach it will become a cobra's poison inside him.
A Conservative Version
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him.
American Standard Version
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
Amplified
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers within him.
Bible in Basic English
His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
Darby Translation
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
Julia Smith Translation
His bread in his bowels was turned, the gall of asps in his midst
King James 2000
Yet his food in his body is soured, it is the gall of asps within him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
in his bowels his food is turned, [the] venom of horned vipers [is] {within him}.
Modern King James verseion
yet his food in his belly shall be turned; the gall of asps is within him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body.
New Heart English Bible
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
The Emphasized Bible
His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
Webster
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
World English Bible
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
Youngs Literal Translation
His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
or adder Asp » Described as » Venomous
Interlinear
Lechem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
13 if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth, 14 his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
2 Samuel 12:10-11
So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!'
Job 20:16
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 38:1-8
A psalm of David, written to get God's attention. O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
Psalm 51:8-9
Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
Proverbs 23:29-35
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
Jeremiah 2:19
Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
Romans 3:13
"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."