Tree of Life Version
Job 20:14
14his food turns 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
12Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, 13though he cannot bear to let it go and holds it in his mouth, his food turns sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. 15He swallows riches and vomits them up; God empties it out of his stomach. 16He sucks the poison of serpents; 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 20:14
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 12:10So now the sword will never depart from your house—because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:1A psalm of David, for a memorial.
- Psalms 51:8Surely You desire truth in the inner being. Make me know wisdom inwardly.
- Proverbs 1:31so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 23:20Do not join those drinking too much wine or gorging on meat,
- Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
- Malachi 2:2If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
- Job 20:16He sucks the poison of serpents; fangs of a viper kill him.
- Deuteronomy 32:24Wasted by famine, ravaged by plague and pestilence so bitter, fangs of beasts I’ll let loose on them, with venom of creepers in the dust.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers 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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