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Job 20:14
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But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach.
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Yet his food in his insides is turned, It is the gall of cobras inside him.
But their food will turn sour in their stomachs, like the poison of a snake inside them.
his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
[Yet] his food in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach; It is the venom of vipers within him.
yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him.
His breed in his wombe schal be turned in to galle of snakis withynne.
yet his food will sour in his stomach to the venom of cobras within him.
But their food will turn sour and poison their stomachs.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
yet in his stomach his food goes bad, it works inside him like snake venom;
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
But that evil will turn sour in his stomach. It will be like a snake's bitter poison inside him.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Yet his meate in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of Aspes within him.
Yet his food in his stomach is changed to the poison of snakes inside him.
yet their food is turned in their stomachs; it is the venom of asps within them.
Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
But in their stomachs the food turns bitter, as bitter as any poison could be.
His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,
yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the gall of asps within him.
The bread that he did eate, is turned to the poyson of serpentes within his bodye.
yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
yet the food in his stomach turnsinto cobras’ venom inside him.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
in his bowels his food is turned, the venom of horned vipers is within him.
yet his food in his belly shall be turned; the gall of asps is within him.
His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart.
The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body.
Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.
Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
Yet his food in his stomach is changedTo the venom of cobras within him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
his meat: 2 Samuel 11:2-5, 2 Samuel 12:10, 2 Samuel 12:11, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:1-8, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 51:9, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21, Proverbs 23:29-35, Jeremiah 2:19, Malachi 2:2
the gall: Job 20:16, Deuteronomy 32:24, Romans 3:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:33 - the poison Psalms 58:4 - the deaf Acts 8:23 - the gall
Cross-References
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned,.... Or "his bread" r, to which sin is compared, being what the sinner lives in, and lives upon; what he strengthens himself in and with, and by which he is nourished unto the day of slaughter, and by means of which he grows and proceeds to more ungodliness, though in the issue he comes into starving and famishing circumstances; for this is bread of deceit, and proves to be ashes and gravel stones; it promises pleasure, profit, liberty, and impunity, but is all the reverse; as meat turns in a man's stomach when it does not digest in him, or rather his stomach turns against that, and instead of its being pleasant and agreeable to him, it distresses him and makes him uneasy; sin being compared to meat in the bowels, denotes the finishing of in after it has been conceived in the mind, and completed in the act:
[it is] the gall of asps within him; which is bitter, though not poison; which yet Pliny s suggests, but it seems t it is not fact. Sin is an evil and bitter thing, and produces bitter sorrow, and makes bitter work for repentance in good men, Jeremiah 2:19; and fills with distress inexpressible and intolerable in wicked men, as in Cain and Judas in this world, and with black despair, weeping, and gnashing of teeth, and dreadful horrors of conscience, in the world to come, to all eternity; the effect of it is eternal death, the second death, inevitable and everlasting ruin and destruction.
r ×××× "panis ejus", Pagninus, Montanus, Beza, Schmidt. s Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 37. t Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 711. Philosoph. Transact. abridged, vol. 2. p. 819.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Yet his meat - His food.
In his bowels is turned - That is, it is as if he had taken food which was exceedingly pleasant, and had retained it in his mouth as long as possible, that he might enjoy it, but when he swallowed it, it became bitter and offensive; compare Revelation 10:9-10. Sin may be pleasant when it is committed, but its consequences will be bitter.
It is the gall of asps - On the meaning of the word here rendered âaspsâ (×¤×ª× pethen), see the notes at Isaiah 11:8. There can be little doubt that the âasp,â or aspic, of antiquity, which was so celebrated, is here intended. The bite was deadly, and was regarded as incurable. The sight became immediately dim after the bite - a swelling took place, and pain was felt in the stomach, followed by stupor, convulsions, and death. It is probably the same as the âboetanâ of the Arabians. It is about a foot in length, and two inches in circumference - its color being black and white. âPict. Bib.â The word âgallâ (×ר××¨× meroÌraÌh), means âbitterness, acridnessâ (compare Job 13:26); and hence, bile or gall. It is not improbable that it was formerly supposed that the poison of the serpent was contained in the gall, though it is now ascertained that it is found in a small sack in the mouth. It is used here as synonymous with the âpoisonâ of asps - supposed to be âbitterâ and âdeadly.â The meaning is, that sin, however pleasant and grateful it may be when committed, will be as destructive to the soul as food would be to the body, which, as soon as it was swallowed, became the most deadly poison. This is a fair account still of the effects of sin.
