Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
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:
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.
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
Topics
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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 Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. 16 Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. 17 He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence are viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable.
Matthew 3:7
And 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?
Acts 28:3-6
but Paul having gathered together a quantity of sticks, and having laid them upon the fire, a viper -- out of the heat having come -- did fasten on his hand.
Romans 3:13
A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.