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Job 20:16

He shall suck the poison of asps, this will turn out to be the effect upon him; the viper's tongue shall slay him, his punishment will come upon him as quickly as the striking of one of the very venomous serpents of the Arabian desert, whose sting is almost immediately fatal.

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See also Job 20:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 20:16. _HE SHALL SUCK THE POISON OF ASPS_] That delicious morsel, that _secret, easily-besetting sin_, so palatable, and so pleasurable, shall act on the life of his soul, as the poison of a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE SHALL SUCK THE POISON OF ASPS - That which he swallowed as pleasant nutriment, shall become the most deadly poison; or the consequence shall be as if he had sucked the poison of asps. It would seem...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 20 THE SECOND ADDRESS OF ZOPHAR _ 1. Zophar's swift reply (Job 20:1)_ 2. Another description of the life and fate of the wicked (Job 20:4) Job 20:1. Zophar, the twitterer, begins his reply t...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 20. SECOND SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. Zophar helps the return to the wider problem by appearing once more with a strong doctrine as to the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked. His theme is, Sin bring...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A slight change of the figure. The meaning is: that which he sucks shall prove the poison of asps....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    His sin changes into his punishment....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. POWERLESSNESS OF PROSPERITYNO ULTIMATE SECURITYZOPHAR'S WARNING (Job 20:1-29) TEXT 20:1-29 THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID, _2_ Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even b...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HE SHALL SUCK THE POISON OF ASPS: THE VIPER'S TONGUE SHALL SLAY HIM._ Shall suck - it shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, etc....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ZOPHAR'S SECOND SPEECH Zophar ignores Job's conviction that God will one day establish his innocence, and proceeds to describe the short triumph of the wicked and his certain downfall and punishment...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 20 ZOPHAR’S LAST SPEECH AN...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The man’s evil deeds are like poison. Poisonous food may taste very good. And the man’s evil deeds seem to bring pleasure. But poisonous food makes a man ill. And evil deeds spoil a man’s life. In the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רֹאשׁ ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשֹׁ֣ון אֶפְעֶֽה׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XVII. IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE Job 20:1 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE great saying that quickens our faith and carries thought into a higher world conveyed no Divine meaning to the man from Naamah. The autho...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED” Job 20:1 Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which Job had just administered, Job 19:28, has vexed him, so that he speaks with impatience. Th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    With evident haste, Zophar replied. His speech is introduced with an apology for his haste and a confession of his anger. He had heard the reproof, but he was not convinced; and the spirit of his unde...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He shall suck the (g) poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (g) He compares ill-gotten goods to the venom of asps, which is a dangerous serpent, noting that Jobs great riches were not tr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Head. Hebrew, "venom." Septuagint, "the wrath of dragons." (Calmet) --- Vipers. The same Hebrew term is elsewhere rendered basilisk, or asp. The precise import of such things is not easily ascertaine...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, (5) That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? (6) Though his excellency mount up to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE SHALL SUCK THE POISON OF ASPS,.... Or "the head of asps" u; for their poison lies in their heads, particularly in their "teeth" w; or rather is a liquor in the gums, yellow like oil x; according to...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Ver. 16. _He shall suck the poison of asps_] That lieth in his head, whence also it hath its name in the original. _See Trapp on ...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He hath swallowed down riches_ He hath got possession of them, and thought them to be as much his own as the meat he had eaten. But he is deceived. _He shall vomit them up again_ Shall be compelled t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WICKED MAN'S BRIEF TRIUMPH (vv.1-5) Zophar does not even consider the possibility that Job is not wicked, but again strongly condemns the wicked, making it evident that he is really speaking of...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "The poisonous greed proved the undoing of the ungodly" _(Strauss p. 200)._ The more. man engages in sin the more poison he is actually ingesting. This is. great point, too bad it was directed at an i...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    That which he hath greedily and industriously sucked in as pleasant and wholesome nourishment, shall in the issue be as ungrateful and destructive to him as the POISON or _head_ (for the Hebrew word s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 20:16 suck H3243 (H8799) poison H7219 cobras H6620 vipers H660 tongue H3956 slay H2026 (H8799) the poi

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Zophar's second discourse on Job's case. CHARACTERS: God, Zophar, Job. CONCLUSION: Though wicked men may sometimes prosper, their joy is but for a moment and will quickly end in endless so...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 20:2. _I make haste_ to answer, for thou reproachest both God and us. Zophar had felt the point of Job's sword, in the preseding discourse; but the present chapter may well be considered as a most...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 20:1 In his second response, Zophar expresses frustration at Job’s continued belief that God has brought about his suffering but will ultimately vindicate him (vv. Job 20:2). Zophar th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 20:10 Zophar argues that neither the wicked man (vv. Job 20:12) nor his offspring (v. Job 20:10) will enjoy what h

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH_ Produces nothing new; much more outspoken than before. Enlarges on the miseries overtaking the wicked, insinuating that Job was such. His argument,—like in condition, like in...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 20:1 Zophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first (Job 11:1.). He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility (Job 20:7,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Zophar, the third of the speakers, gives his second discourse. And again, he was the guy that was dealing with traditions earlier, and with wisdom and all, so he said to Job, Therefore do my thoug...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 28:3; Isaiah 30:6; Matthew 3:7; Romans 3:13...

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