Job 20:13
He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
Cross References
Numbers 11:18And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified : to morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat? it was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat:
Mark 9:43Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
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 →