American Standard Version
"He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him. "
— Job 20:16, American Standard Version
“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.”
“He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.”
“He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.”
“He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.”
“He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.”
“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.”
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.