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Job 20:12

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

KJV

Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.

Vulgate

ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία, κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ,

LXX

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

ASV

אִם תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּ/פִ֣י/ו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗/נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
ו
v
noun · 505×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִּמְתְּק֖וּ
ymtqv
verb · 5×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נִכְחַ֣ד
nkchd
verb · 32×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 12:16 — David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
  • Acts 1:18 — Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
  • Eccl 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
  • Ezek 7:19 — They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
  • Gen 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
  • Job 15:16 — How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
  • Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
  • Prov 19:28 — An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
  • Prov 20:17 — Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • Prov 20:17 — Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
  • Ps 109:17 — As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.