Job 20:12
Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,
Young's Literal Translation
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 with him on the dust it lieth down.
13Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
Cross References
Job 15:16Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Psalms 109:17And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
Proverbs 20:17Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth 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 →