Job 20:14
Good News Translation
But in their stomachs the food turns bitter, as bitter as any poison could be.

New Revised Standard Version
yet their food is turned in their stomachs; it is the venom of asps within them.

Contemporary English Version
But their food will turn sour and poison their stomachs.

New American Bible
Yet in his stomach the food shall turn; it shall be venom of asps inside him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,

his meat

2 Samuel 11:2-5 In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful. . . .

2 Samuel 12:10,11 Therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urias the Hethite to be thy wife. . . .

Psalm 32:3,4 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 38:1-8 A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath. [2] Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath. . . .

Psalm 51:8,9 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice. . . .

Proverbs 1:31 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 23:20,21,29-35 Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat: . . .

Jeremiah 2:19 Thy own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee. Know thou, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing for thee, to have left the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not with thee, saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Malachi 2:2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.

the gall

Job 20:16 He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.

Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite: I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.

Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat. 14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,15The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.…
Cross References
Job 20:13
He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

Job 20:15
The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

Job 20:23
May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.

Job 20:13
Top of Page
Top of Page