Job 20:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide 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

And 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 the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

2 Samuel 11:12

And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

Job 15:16

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness mocketh at judgement: And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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 judgement.

Jeremiah 2:19

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.