Job 20:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;”
Job 20:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 20:12 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 20:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 20:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,”
Job 20:12 — World English Bible
Job 20:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, ”
Job 20:12 — American Standard Version
Job 20:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,”
Job 20:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 20:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue, ”
Job 20:12 — Darby Translation
Job 20:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,”
Job 20:12 — Geneva Bible
Job 20:12 in Context — Job 20
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.
What Does Job 20:12 Mean?
Job 20:12 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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