Job 20:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.”
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BSBPD
“He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 20:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Proverbs 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
- Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Acts 28:3Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
- Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
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