12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.


In Context

9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.

11 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

12 For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.

13 He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.

Job 20:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:12"Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12|Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;