Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 20 connects to 6 cross-references. Zophar delivers his second speech arguing that the triumph of the wicked is brief and their joy momentary. He provides a detailed account of how the wicked swallow riches but must vomit them up, and how divine wrath will rain …
Other Translations
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
Cross References
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation …
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great …
And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out …
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the …
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their …