Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him. New Living Translation They will suck the poison of cobras. The viper will kill them. English Standard Version He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. Berean Standard Bible He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. King James Bible He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. New King James Version He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue will slay him. New American Standard Bible “He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him. NASB 1995 “He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue slays him. NASB 1977 “He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue slays him. Legacy Standard Bible He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him. Amplified Bible “He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains]; The viper’s tongue slays him. Christian Standard Bible He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him. American Standard Version He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The venom of the asp he will pour out and the tongue of an asp will kill him Brenton Septuagint Translation And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him. Contemporary English Version They will die from the fangs of poisonous snakes Douay-Rheims Bible He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him. English Revised Version He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. GOD'S WORD® Translation The godless person sucks the poison of snakes. A viper's fang kills him. Good News Translation What the evil people swallow is like poison; it kills them like the bite of a deadly snake. International Standard Version He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will slay him. JPS Tanakh 1917 He shall suck the poison of asps; The viper's tongue shall slay him. Literal Standard Version He sucks [the] gall of cobras, the tongue of a viper slays him. Majority Standard Bible He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. New American Bible The poison of asps he shall drink in; the viper’s fangs shall slay him. NET Bible He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him. New Revised Standard Version They will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill them. New Heart English Bible He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. Webster's Bible Translation He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. World English Bible He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him. Young's Literal Translation Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked…15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. 16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. 17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. Proverbs 23:32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. Treasury of Scripture He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. the poison Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: the viper's Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Acts 28:3-6 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand… Jump to Previous Adder Asps Cause Cobra Cobras Death Fangs Gall Kill Mouth Poison Serpents Slay Slays Snake Snakes Suck Tongue Venom Viper Viper'sJump to Next Adder Asps Cause Cobra Cobras Death Fangs Gall Kill Mouth Poison Serpents Slay Slays Snake Snakes Suck Tongue Venom Viper Viper'sJob 20 1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wickedVerse 16. - He shall suck the poison of asps. Probably Zophar does not affix any very distinct meaning to his threats. He is content to utter a series of fierce-sounding but vague menaces, which he knows that Job will regard as launched against himself, and does not care whether they are taken metaphorically or literally. Job will be equally distressed in either ease. The viper's tongue shall slay him. It is really the viper's tooth, and not his tongue, that slays; but Zophar is not, any more than Job (Job 27:18), an accomplished naturalist. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He will suckיִינָ֑ק (yî·nāq) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk the poison רֹאשׁ־ (rōš-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7219: A poisonous plant, the poppy, poison of cobras; פְּתָנִ֥ים (pə·ṯā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6620: (a venomous serpent) perhaps cobra the fangs לְשׁ֣וֹן (lə·šō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 3956: The tongue of a viper אֶפְעֶֽה׃ (’ep̄·‘eh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 660: An asp, other venomous serpent will kill him. תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ (ta·har·ḡê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent Links Job 20:16 NIVJob 20:16 NLT Job 20:16 ESV Job 20:16 NASB Job 20:16 KJV Job 20:16 BibleApps.com Job 20:16 Biblia Paralela Job 20:16 Chinese Bible Job 20:16 French Bible Job 20:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 20:16 He shall suck cobra venom (Jb) |
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