Job 20:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴yet such food will turn sour in his stomach,
    working inside him like the venom of asps.
¹⁵He wolfs down riches and then vomits them up;
    God forces him to disgorge them from his stomach.
¹⁶“Such a person will suck the venom of asps;
    the tongue of a viper will slay him.

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Job 20:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;^(A)
    it will become the venom of serpents^(B) within him.
¹⁵He will spit out the riches^(C) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit^(D) them up.
¹⁶He will suck the poison^(E) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.^(F)

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Job 20:14-16

King James Version

¹⁴Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

¹⁵He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

¹⁶He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

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Job 20:14-16

New King James Version

¹⁴Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
It becomes cobra venom within him.
¹⁵He swallows down riches
And vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
¹⁶He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.

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Job 20:14-16

English Standard Version

¹⁴yet his food is turned in his stomach;
    it is the venom of ^(A)cobras within him.
¹⁵He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;
    God casts them out of his belly.
¹⁶He will suck the poison of cobras;
    ^(B)the tongue of a viper will kill him.