Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
In Context
11His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
Cross References
Job 15:16How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
Psalms 109:17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.
Proverbs 20:17Bread of falsehood 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 →