Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.In other versions
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
ASV
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.
BBE
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
DBY
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
WEB
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
YLT
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
ENG
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
WBT
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
BSB
In context
14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18That 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.