Job 20:12
When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
In Context
11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
13And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
Cross References
Job 15:16How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
Psalms 109:17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.
Proverbs 20:17The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
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 →