Job 20:13
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Cross References
Numbers 11:18And say thou unto the people: Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying: Would that we were given flesh to eat! for it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
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 →