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15 He wolfs down riches and then vomits them up;
    God forces him to disgorge them from his stomach.
16 “Such a person will suck the venom of asps;
    the tongue of a viper will slay him.
17 He will see no streams of oil
    or rivers flowing with honey and cream.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:17 Oil . . . honey and cream: these were staple products of Palestine.

15 He will spit out the riches(A) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(B) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(C) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.(D)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(E) flowing with honey(F) and cream.(G)

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