Job 20:12
“Though wickednes be sweet in his mouth, though hee hide it vnder his tongue;”
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Job 20:12 Context
10His children shall seeke to please the poore, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11His bones are ful of the sinne of his youth, which shall ye downe with him in the dust. 12Though wickednes be sweet in his mouth, though hee hide it vnder his tongue; 13Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keepe it stil within his mouth: 14Yet his meate in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of Aspes within him.
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Other Translations for Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
- King James Version
"Though evil is sweet in his mouth {And} he hides it under his tongue,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
- Basic English Bible
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
- Darby Bible
Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue;
- Webster's Bible
Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
- World English Bible
Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 20:12
20:12 Mouth - To his taste; though it greatly please him for the present. Hide - As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about his mouth, that he may longer enjoy the pleasure of it.