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Job 20:12

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20:12“If21 evil is sweet in his mouth

and he hides it under his tongue,22

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Footnotes

  1. 21 The conjunction אִם (’im) introduces clauses that are conditional or concessive. With the imperfect verb in the protasis it indicates what is possible in the present or future. See §159.q).
  2. 22 The wicked person holds on to evil as long as he can, savoring the taste or the pleasure of it.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth,

though he hides it under his tongue,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth

and he hides it under his tongue,

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth

and he conceals it under his tongue,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,

letting it melt under their tongue.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth,

and he hides it under his tongue,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,

Though he hide it under his tongue;

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