Job 20:14

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 wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue, 13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth, His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him. 15He hath swallowed down riches, but 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 kill him.

Job 20:14 word by word

לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578

Cross-references for Job 20:14

• 2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
• 2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urijah the Hittite to be thy wife.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
• Psalms 38:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 51:8Make me to hear gladness and joy; [that] the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
• Proverbs 1:31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
• Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
• Malachi 2:2If ye do not hear, and if ye do not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will even send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have already cursed them, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
• Job 20:16He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
• Romans 3:13their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison [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

Topics related to Job 20:14

• Asp
• Gall
• Hypocrisy
• Pleasure
• Sin
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Asp
• Rain
• Short
• Gall
• Zophar

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