Job 20:16 Go deeper

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

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רֹאשׁ\־rosh-[the] poison of

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7219

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: poison

Used 12 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33, Psalms 69:21, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 9:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7219; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 1

פְּתָנִ֥יםpe.ta.Nimcobras

Lemma: פֶּ֫תֶן (pe.ten) · Strong's: H6620

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: cobra

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:33, Job 20:14, Psalms 58:4, Psalms 91:13, Isaiah 11:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6620; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 2

יִינָ֑קyi.Nakhe sucks

Lemma: יָנַק (ya.naq) · Strong's: H3243G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to suckle

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:19, Job 3:12, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 66:11, Isaiah 66:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3243G; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 3

תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּta.har.Ge.huit slays him

Lemma: הָרַג (ha.rag) · Strong's: H2026

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to kill

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 12:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2026; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 4

לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shon[the] tongue of

Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: tongue

Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 5

אֶפְעֶֽה\׃'ef.'Eha viper

Lemma: אֶפְעֶה (eph.eh) · Strong's: H0660

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: viper

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 30:6, Isaiah 59:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0660; TAHOT Job 20:16 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He will suck	→	יָנַק H3243G to suckle
the poison	→	רֹאשׁ H7219 poison
of cobras	→	פֶּ֫תֶן H6620 cobra
the fangs	→	לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue
of a viper	→	אֶפְעֶה H0660 viper
will kill him	→	הָרַג H2026 to kill

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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