Job 20:12

If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

In Context

11[Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.

13He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;

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Cross References

Job 15:16How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?

Psalms 109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Proverbs 20:17Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.

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 →

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