708 B
708 B
Zophar continues speaking to Job.
He swallows down riches...cast them out of his belly
Zophar compares wealth to food. Just like a person who eats too much food will vomit it back up, God will take the wealth from a rich person who stores up things for himself. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
He will suck the poison of asps; the viper’s tongue will kill him
Zophar says that holding onto wealth is evil, and like poison evil can kill a person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
vomit
when a full stomach throws food back out of the mouth
cast
"throw"
belly
AT: "stomach"
suck
to pull liquid into the stomach by the mouth