Job 20:12
Though, a sweet taste in his mouth, be given by vice, though he hide it under his tongue;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.
13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,
Cross References
Job 15:16How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
Psalms 109:17Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;
Proverbs 20:17Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be 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 →