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Job 20:14-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Job 20:14-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.
15 He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
a viper’s fangs[a] will kill him.(A)
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- Job 20:16 Lit tongue
Job 20:14-16
New International Version
Job 20:14-16
New International Version
Job 20:14-16
New King James Version
Job 20:14-16
New King James Version
14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
It becomes cobra venom within him.
15 He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.
Job 20:14-16
King James Version
Job 20:14-16
King James Version
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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Job 20:14-16
English Standard Version
Job 20:14-16
English Standard Version
14 yet his food is turned in his stomach;
it is the venom of (A)cobras within him.
15 He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
(B)the tongue of a viper will kill him.
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