Job 20:12

Job chapter 20 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

King James Version · 1611

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

American Standard Version · 1901

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

v.11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

v.12This passage

v.13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.
Psalms 109:17
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.