Old Testament (1402 B.C.): "Deuteronomy":
Deuteronomy 32:33 (NIV): "Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras."
Old Testament (500 B.C.): "Job":
...yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
Note: Job 20:14-16 (English Standard Version)
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