Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 20:12 in other translations
| BSB | Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, |
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| WEB | “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, |
| ASV | Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, |
| YLT | Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, |
| DARBY | Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue, |
| BBE | Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; |
| Webster | Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue; |
What does Job 20:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:10-22
The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man…
Job 20:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 20:12
- Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Job 15:16
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
- Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
- Proverbs 9:17-18
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Psalms 109:17-18
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
- Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
- Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Context
- Job 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Job 20:13
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 20:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si le mal est doux dans sa bouche, et qu’il le cache sous sa langue, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn das Böse in seinem Munde süß war, und er es verbarg unter seiner Zunge, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua. |