King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
Complete Jewish Bible:
yet in his stomach his food goes bad, it works inside him like snake venom;
Berean Standard Bible:
yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
American Standard Version:
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Yet his meat{H3899} in his bowels{H4578} is turned{H2015}, it is the gall{H4846} of asps{H6620} within{H7130} him.
Cross-References (KJV):
Romans 3:13
- Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
Psalms 38:1
- ¶ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 38:8
- I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Proverbs 23:20
- Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs 23:21
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Job 20:16
- He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
2 Samuel 11:2
- And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.
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Commentary for Job 20:14
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3899
There are 277 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֶחֶם
Transliteration: lechem
Pronunciation: lekh'-em
Description: from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. - Strong's Number: H4578
There are 30 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֵעֶה
Transliteration: mêʻeh
Pronunciation: may-aw'
Description: xlit mêʻâh corrected to mêʻeh; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used 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. - Strong's Number: H2015
There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הָפַךְ
Transliteration: hâphak
Pronunciation: haw-fak'
Description: a primitive root; to 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). - Strong's Number: H4846
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מְרֹרָה
Transliteration: mᵉrôrâh
Pronunciation: mer-o-raw'
Description: or מְרוֹרָה; from מָרַר; properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent); bitter (thing), gall. - Strong's Number: H6620
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּתֶן
Transliteration: pethen
Pronunciation: peh'-then
Description: from an unused root meaning to twist; an asp (from its contortions); adder. - Strong's Number: H7130
There are 220 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קֶרֶב
Transliteration: qereb
Pronunciation: keh'-reb
Description: from קָרַב; properly, 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] within self.