Job 20:16
“He shall sucke the poison of Aspes: the vipers tongue shall slay him.”
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Job 20:16 Context
14Yet his meate in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of Aspes within him. 15He hath swallowed downe riches, and hee shall vomite them vp againe: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16He shall sucke the poison of Aspes: the vipers tongue shall slay him. 17Hee shall not see the riuers, the floods, the brookes of hony and butter. 18That which he laboured for, shall he restore, & shall not swallow it downe: according to his substance shall the restitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce therein.
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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
- King James Version
"He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)