Job 20:12
For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
In Context
11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
Cross References
Job 15:16How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
Psalms 109:17But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
Proverbs 20:17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →