Job 20:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² Though wickedness is sweet in their mouths, they hide it under their tongues;

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Job 20:12 Cross References

Genesis 3:6

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.

2 Samuel 11:12

Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day, and the next.

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will chasten you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.