Job 20:12
Though he sweetens evil in his mouth, hides it under his tongue,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
In Context
11His bones have been full of his youth, and it lies down with him on the dust.
13has pity on it, and does not forsake it, and keeps it back in the midst of his palate,
Cross References
Job 15:16Also—surely abominable and filthy || Is man drinking perverseness as water.
Psalms 109:17And he loves reviling, and it meets him, || And he has not delighted in blessing, || And it is far from him.
Proverbs 20:17The bread of falsehood [is] sweet to a man, || And afterward his mouth is 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 →