Job 20:16 meaning and explanation
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
Job 20:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Zophar is the third of Job's friends to speak, and here he answers Job's complaint with a harsh claim: the wicked may prosper for a moment, but God brings them down. Verse 16 continues his image of verse 14, where the evil a man savors turns to cobra venom inside him.
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