Job 20:13
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
In Context
12Though, a sweet taste in his mouth, be given by vice, though he hide it under his tongue;
14His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!
Cross References
Numbers 11:18And, unto the people, shalt thou say: Hallow yourselves by to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh, for ye have wept in the ears of Yahweh saying—Who will grant us to eat flesh? for it was well with us in Egypt,—so then Yahweh will give you flesh and ye shall eat.
Mark 9:43And, if thy hand shall cause thee to stumble, cut it off,—it is, seemly, for thee, maimed, to enter into life, rather than having, the two hands, to depart into the gehenna, into the fire that is not quenched;
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 →