Job 20:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

KJV

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

WEB

“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

ASV

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

LSV

Though he sweetens evil in his mouth, hides it under his tongue,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

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

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to…
• Proverbs 9:17–18“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 109:17–18The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
• Proverbs 20:17Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
• Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate…

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