Job 20:12
Though evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
In Context
11Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
13not letting it go but keeping it in their mouths,
Cross References
Job 15:16How much less pure are those who are unclean and corrupt, drinking in sin like water!
Psalms 109:17He loved to put a curse on others—let it come back on him. He had no time for blessings—so may he never receive any.
Proverbs 20:17Food you get by cheating may taste sweet, but afterwards it will be like a mouthful of 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 →