Parallel Verses
Amplified
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers 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.
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.
NET Bible
his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
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
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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
Though he desires it and will not let it go
But holds it in his mouth,
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;
It is the venom of vipers within him.
“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
‘They will be wasted by hunger, and consumed by plague
And a bitter destruction;
And I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat]
2 Samuel 12:10-11
Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
Job 20:16
“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];
The viper’s tongue slays him.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 38:1-8
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
Psalm 51:8-9
Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
Proverbs 1:31
“Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way
And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
Proverbs 23:20-21
Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,
Proverbs 23:29-35
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Whose eyes are red and dim?
Jeremiah 2:19
“Your own wickedness will discipline you,
And your desertion of the faith will punish you.
Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing
For you to abandon (reject) the Lord your God,
And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord God of hosts.
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”