New English Translation
Job 20:14
14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within 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
12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth, his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. 16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper 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 walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.
- 2 Samuel 12:10So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’
- Psalms 32:3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
- Psalms 51:8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
- Proverbs 23:20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Lord God who rules over all.
- Malachi 2:2If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
- Job 20:16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
- Deuteronomy 32:24They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
- Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps 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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