Job 20:13
although he holds it there and does not let it go 1 but keeps it still in his mouth— 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth, 1 although he hides it under his tongue, 1
14the food in his intestines turns bitter; 1 it becomes the poison of asps inside him. 1
Cross References
Numbers 11:18Say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow and you will indeed eat meat, for you have wept and Yahweh has heard. You said, “Who will give us meat to eat? It was good for us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat it.
Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands and to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
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 →