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Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
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Sin's Deceptive Pleasure
Commentators explain that sin is like delicious food that is savored in the mouth. It seems pleasant and desirable at the moment of indulgence. However, once 'swallowed' or committed, its true nature is revealed. It doesn't nourish but turns into something bitter and harmful internally.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet his meat – His food.
In his bowels is turned – That is, it is as if he had taken food which was extremely pleasant, and ha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned Or "his bread" {r}, to which sin is compared, being what the sinner lives in,…
The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hidin…
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13th Century
Catholic
Since the author had said (in verse 11) that the bones of the evil person must be filled with the sins of their youth, so that they are punished af…
