Job 20:16
What does Job 20:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 20:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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
But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
- Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Isaiah 30:6
The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
- Deuteronomy 32:24
They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
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