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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach.

Context of Job 20:14

12“Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth, yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him. 15He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up. 16He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

Job 20:14 word by word

לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• his meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• in his bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• is turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• the gallמְרֹרָהmerôrâh merôrâh · gallH4846
• of aspsפֶּ֫תֶןpethen · cobraH6620
• withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Job 20:14

• 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
• 2 Samuel 12:10Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:1Lord, do not rebuke 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 ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
• Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
• Jeremiah 2:19Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of me,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
• Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
• Job 20:16He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
• Deuteronomy 32:24I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
• Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on 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