Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper 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.
Darby Translation
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
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:
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 The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. 16 He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him. 17 He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
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.
Isaiah 30:6
This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Acts 28:3-6
When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
Romans 3:13
"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."