Job 20:12-19

Expanded Bible

¹² “Evil may taste sweet in their mouths,
    and they may hide it under their tongues.
¹³ They ·cannot stand to [^Lfight/linger over it and do not] let go of it;
    they ·keep it in their mouths [^Lhide it under their tongues].
¹⁴ But their food ·will turn sour [^Lturns over] in their stomachs,
    like the poison of a ·snake [asp] inside them.
¹⁵ They have swallowed riches, but they will ·spit [vomit] them out;
    God will make them ·vomit [disgorge] ·their riches up [^Lit from their bellies; Prov. 11:4; 21:6].
¹⁶ They will suck the poison of ·snakes [asps],
    and the ·snake’s fangs [^Lviper’s tongue] will kill them.
¹⁷ They will not ·admire [^Llook at] ·the sparkling streams [or streams of oil]
    or the rivers flowing with honey and ·cream [or butter; or curds].
¹⁸ They must give back ·what they worked for [their gains] ·without eating it [unswallowed];
    they will not enjoy the ·money they made from their trading [or benefit of their reward],
¹⁹ because they ·troubled the poor and left them with nothing [^Lcrushed and abandoned the poor].
    They have ·taken [stolen] houses they did not build [Prov. 28:27; 29:7].