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13 though he savors it and delays swallowing it
    so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,[a]
14 his food will turn rancid in his stomach—
    it will become a cobra’s poison inside him.

15 “Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it;
    God will dislodge it from his stomach.

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  1. Job 20:13 Lit. can hold it in the middle of his palate

13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(A)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(B)
    it will become the venom of serpents(C) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(D) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(E) them up.

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