Job 20:13
He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
14His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.
Cross References
Numbers 11:18And unto the people shalt thou say, Hold yourselves ready against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was better with us in Egypt: thus will the Lord 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 →