King James Version
Job 20:12 in the King James Version says “Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;”
Job 20:12 · KJV
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: within: Heb. in the midst of his palate
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“in his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“though he hide”
H3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“it under his tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
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