Job 20:16

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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.	He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.	He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He shall suck^H3243 the poison^H7219 of asps^H6620: the viper's^H660 tongue^H3956 shall slay^H2026 him.

Original Hebrew

רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשֹׁון אֶפְעֶה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רֹאשׁ	rosh-	H7219	HNcmsc	(the) poison of
פְּתָנִ֥ים	pe.ta.Nim	H6620	HNcmpa	cobras
יִינָ֑ק	yi.Nak	H3243	HVqi3ms	he sucks
תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗/הוּ	ta.har.Ge./hu	H2026	HVqi3fs/Sp3ms	it slays/ him
לְשׁ֣וֹן	le.Shon	H3956	HNcbsc	(the) tongue of
אֶפְעֶֽה	'ef.'Eh	H660	HNcmsa	a viper

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H660 — אֶפְעֶה (ʼephʻeh, ef-eh'): from אֵפַע (in the sense of hissing); an asp or other venomous serpent; viper.
H2026 — הָרַג (hârag, haw-rag'): a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
H3243 — יָנַק (yânaq, yaw-nak'): a primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk; milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
H6620 — פֶּתֶן (pethen, peh'-then): from an unused root meaning to twist; an asp (from its contortions); adder.
H7219 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): or רוֹשׁ; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as רֹאשׁ; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents); gall, hemlock, poison, venom.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (2): Job 20:14, Psalms 58:4

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: ANIMALS, ASPS, POISON, REPTILES
Torrey’s: AFFLICTIONS OF THE WICKED, THE, ASP, OR ADDER
Nave’s: ASP, HYPOCRISY, PLEASURE, SERPENT, SIN, VIPER, WICKED (PEOPLE), WORLDLINESS

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