Job 20:16

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

Shall suck - it shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, etc.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall suck the poison of asps - That which he swallowed as pleasant nutriment, shall become the most deadly poison; or the consequence shall b...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With evident haste, Zophar replied. His speech is introduced with an apology for his haste and a confession of his anger. He had heard the reproof, b...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, (5) That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He shall suck the poison of asps ,.... Or "the head of asps" u; for their poison lies in their heads, particularly in their "teeth" w; or rather is...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Ver. 16. He shall suck the poison of asps ] That lieth in his head, whence al...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He hath swallowed down riches He hath got possession of them, and thought them to be as much his own as the meat he had eaten. But he is deceived....
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Misery of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 10...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That which he hath greedily and industriously sucked in as pleasant and wholesome nourishment, shall in the issue be as ungrateful and destructive to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH Produces nothing new; much more outspoken than before. Enlarges on the miseries overtaking the wicked, insinuating that J...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He shall suck the poison of asps, this will turn out to be the effect upon him; the viper's tongue shall slay him, his punishment will come upon hi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 28:3-6 ; Isaiah 30:6 ; Matthew 3:7 ; Romans 3:13

¹⁶ He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Related Commentaries of Job 20:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 20:16