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The Book of Job, Chapter 20, Verse 16

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15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
King James Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
American Standard Version
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
New English Translation
He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.
World English Bible
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
19
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
24
He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
26
All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.