Job 20:16 · KJV
“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.”
— Job 20:16
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
Job 20 — Context
{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
Cross References
Romans 3:13
Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:
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.
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?
Deuteronomy 32:24
{They shall be} burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. {heat: Heb. coals}