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Job 20:16

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

KJV

Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

Vulgate

θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν, ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως.

LXX

He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

ASV

רֹאשׁ פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗/הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְעֶֽה
'p'h
noun · 3×
יוֹנֵ֖ק
yvnq
verb · 32×
ם
m
verb · 167×
ם
m
noun · 116×
פְּתָנִ֖ים
ptnym
noun · 6×
רֹאשׁ֙
r'sh
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 28:3 — And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
  • Rom 3:13 — Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: