Job 20:14 Meaning and Explanation
“Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The sin that tasted sweet turns sour inside the wicked man, becoming the venom of serpents within him.
What Does Job 20:14 Mean?
The reversal arrives. The morsel that was sweet in the mouth turns bitter in the stomach; once swallowed, it becomes “the gall of asps,” the venom of serpents, working inside the man. What promised delight delivers poison.
This is the deep truth Zophar captures rightly: sin keeps none of its promises. It is sweet going down and deadly once within. Scripture warns that at the last, wine that sparkles “biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” The verse is a mercy disguised as a threat, urging us to refuse what cannot satisfy and to seek instead the bread of life, which gives no such bitter aftertaste.
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What does Job 20:14 mean?
The sin that tasted sweet turns sour inside the wicked man, becoming the venom of serpents within him.