Christian Standard Bible
Job 20:14
14yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras’ venom inside him.
Job 20:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
- New International Version (NIV)yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.
Context of Job 20:14
12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, 13though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras’ venom inside him. 15He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. 16He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him.
Read all of Job 20Job 20:14 word by word
לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:14
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your own wife.’
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:1Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
- Proverbs 1:31they will eat the fruit of their way and be glutted with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 23:20Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
- Malachi 2:2If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
- Job 20:16He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him.
- Deuteronomy 32:24They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
Commentaries on Job 20:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Yet his meat - His food. In his bowels is turned - That is, it is as if he had taken food which was exceedingly pleasant, and had retained it in his mouth as long as possible, that he might enjoy it, but when he swallowed it, it became bitter and offensive; compare Revelation 10:9-10. Sin may be pleasant when it is committed, but its consequences will be bitter. It is the gall of asps - On the meaning of the word here rendered “asps” (פתן pethen ), see…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16venom of cobras … poison of cobras … vipers: In the end, evil people harm only themselves, not others (Matthew 3:7; Romans 3:13; Proverbs 23:29–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. turned--Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jr 2:21; compare Re 10:9, 10). gall--in which the poison of the asp was thought to lie. It rather is contained in a sack in the mouth. Scripture uses popular language, where no moral truth is thereby endangered.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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