Job 20:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.”

Job 20:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 20:16 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Job 20:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Job 20:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.”

Job 20:16 — World English Bible

Job 20:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.”

Job 20:16 — American Standard Version

Job 20:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.”

Job 20:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 20:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.”

Job 20:16 — Darby Translation

Job 20:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.”

Job 20:16 — Geneva Bible

Job 20:16 in Context — Job 20

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 That 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.

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What Does Job 20:16 Mean?

Job 20:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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