New English Translation

Job 20:12-18 New English Translation (NET)

12. “If evil is sweet in his mouthand he hides it under his tongue,

13. if he retains it for himselfand does not let it go,and holds it fast in his mouth,

14. his food is turned sour in his stomach;it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

15. The wealth that he consumed he vomits up,God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

16. He sucks the poison of serpents;the fangs of a viper kill him.

17. He will not look on the streams,the rivers, which are the torrentsof honey and butter.

18. He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it;he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.