Job 20:12 · KJV
“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;”
— Job 20:12
His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
{Though} he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}
Job 20 — Context
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}
11His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12Though 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: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}
14{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.
Cross References
Job 15:16
How much more abominable and filthy {is} man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}
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 20:17
Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}
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. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}
Proverbs 9:17-18
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
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.