King James Version

Job 20:16

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

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רֹאשׁroshpoisonרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “poison”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7219a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)gall, hemlock, poison, venom.פְּתָנִ֥יםpetanimadderפֶּתֶןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “adder”, the ordinary formH6620an asp (from its contortions)adder.יִינָ֑קyinaqsuckיָנַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “suck”, an unfinished actionH3243to suck; causatively, to give milkmilch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּtahargehvdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.לְשׁ֣וֹןleshontongueלָשׁוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “tongue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3956the 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.אֶפְעֶֽהefehviperאֶפְעֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “viper”, the ordinary formH660an asp or other venomous serpentviper.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

World English Bible

He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.

Darby Translation

He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.

Douay-Rheims

He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν, ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως.