Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
New American Standard Bible
The viper’s tongue slays him.
King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Holman Bible
a viper’s fangs
International Standard Version
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will slay him.
A Conservative Version
He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
American Standard Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
Amplified
“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];
The viper’s tongue slays him.
Bible in Basic English
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall kill him.
King James 2000
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him.
Modern King James verseion
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He shall suck the serpent's gall, and the adder's tongue shall slay him:
NET Bible
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
New Heart English Bible
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
The Emphasized Bible
The poison of adders, shall he suck, The tongue of the viper shall slay him;
Webster
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
World English Bible
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
or adder Asp » Described as » Venomous
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
15 He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him. 17 He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to
Matthew 3:7
But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Acts 28:3-6
And Paul having gathered a certain quantity of sticks together in a bundle and laid it on the fire, a viper coming out from the heat seized his hand.
Romans 3:13
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips: