Job 20:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָנַק
yânaq
to suck; causatively, to give milk
חֵמָה
chêmâh
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
אֶפְעֶה
ʼephʻeh
an asp or other venomous serpent
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
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,...
Key Terms in This Verse
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
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)
Study H3956 →Cross References
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulder...
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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