Job 20:16

Modern

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Traditional

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

Literal

The poison of cobras he will suck, and the tongue of a viper will kill him.

Latin

Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

Hebrew

English

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

venom of cobras … poison of cobras … vipers: In the end, evil people harm only themselves, not others (Matthew 3:7; Romans 3:13; Proverbs 23:29–35).

Acts 28:3–6
Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
Romans 3:13
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Isaiah 30:6
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?