Job 20:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:”

Job 20:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 20:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 20:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,”

Job 20:13 — World English Bible

Job 20:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; ”

Job 20:13 — American Standard Version

Job 20:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,”

Job 20:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 20:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth, ”

Job 20:13 — Darby Translation

Job 20:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,”

Job 20:13 — Geneva Bible

Job 20:13 in Context — Job 20

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.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

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What Does Job 20:13 Mean?

Job 20:13 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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