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Job 20:14

Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

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לַ֭חְמוֹlachmvobreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.בְּמֵעָ֣יוbemeayvin bellyמֵעֶהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in belly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4578used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.נֶהְפָּ֑ךְnehpakhechangeהָפַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).מְרוֹרַ֖תmeroratbitterמְרֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “bitter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4846properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)bitter (thing), gall.פְּתָנִ֣יםpetanimadderפֶּתֶןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “adder”, the ordinary formH6620an asp (from its contortions)adder.בְּקִרְבּֽוֹbeqirbvoin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

Young’s Literal Translation

His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart.

World English Bible

yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

Darby Translation

His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.

Douay-Rheims

His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ· χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ.