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12 “Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth,
and he hides it under his tongue,
13 though he spares it and does not let it go
and holds it back in the midst of his palate,
14 in his bowels his food is turned,
the venom of horned vipers is within him.[a]
15 He swallows riches, but[b] he vomits them[c] up;
God drives them[d] out from his stomach.
16 He will suck the poison of horned vipers;
the viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 He will not enjoy the streams,[e]
the torrents of honey and curds.
18 Returning the products of his toil, he will not swallow;[f]
according to the profit of his trade, he will not enjoy,[g]
19 for he has oppressed; he has abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house but[h] did not build it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:14 Literally “in his entrails”
  2. Job 20:15 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 20:15 Hebrew “it”
  4. Job 20:15 Hebrew “it”
  5. Job 20:17 Literally “He will not look on streams”
  6. Job 20:18 Hebrew “and he will not swallow”
  7. Job 20:18 Literally “and he will not taste”
  8. Job 20:19 Or “and”

12 “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth,
    though he hide it under his tongue,
13 though he spare it, and will not let it go,
    but keep it still within his mouth;
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned.
    It is cobra venom within him.
15 He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again.
    God will cast them out of his belly.
16 He will suck cobra venom.
    The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 He will not look at the rivers,
    the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down.
    He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
    He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

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