Job 20:16 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
English ASV
He shall suck the poison of asps: The vipers tongue shall slay him.
English Amplified
He shall suck the poison of asps [which ill-gotten wealth contains]; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He shall suck the poison of asps [which ill-gotten wealth contains]; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
English EASY 2024
He will drink the poison of snakes. A dangerous snake will bite him and it will kill him.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
What he drank will be like a snake's poison; it will kill him like the bite of a deadly snake.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
What the evil people swallow is like poison; it kills them like the bite of a deadly snake.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The godless person sucks the poison of snakes. A viper's fang kills him.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him.
English KJV 1611
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
English LSB
He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He will suck the poison of cobras; the viper’s tongue will slay him.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The poison of asps he shall drink in; the viper's fangs shall slay him.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They will suck the poison of a serpent. The fangs of an adder will kill them.
English NIV
He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
English NKJ 1982
He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue will slay him.
English NLT
He will suck the poison of snakes. The viper will kill him.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
They will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill them.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
It is like poison and death to him.
English Tyndale 1537
he shall suck the serpent's head,(The serpentes heade shall sucke him,) and the adder's tongue shall slay him: