en_tn/job/20/15.md

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