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The Book of Job, Chapter 20, Verse 17

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16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
King James Version
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
American Standard Version
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
New English Translation
He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
World English Bible
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams 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.
27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.