John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps ,.... Or "the head of asps" F21 ראש פתנים "caput aspidum", V. L. Montanus. ; for their poison lies in their heads, particularly in their "teeth" F23 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 11. c. 37. Aelian. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 4. ; or rather is a liquor in the gums, yellow like oil F24 Philosoph. Transact. ut supra. (abridged, vol. 2. p. 819.) ; according to Pliny F25 Ib. c. 62. , in copulation the male puts his head into the mouth of the female,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 20:10-22
The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other words. Let us therefore reduce the particulars to their proper heads, and observe, I. What his wickedness is for which he is punished. 1. The lusts of the flesh, here called the sins of his youth (Job 20:11); for those are the sins which, at that age, people are most tempted to. The forbidden... read more