Job 20:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:12 — KJV
“Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;”
— Job 20:12 (KJV)
Job 20:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:12
“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. faithfulness: or, stedfastness their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them very...: Heb. wickednesses”
Shares key themes with Job 20:12: wickedness, mouth, tongue
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity”
Shares key themes with Job 20:12: mouth, under, tongue
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Job 20:12: though, wickedness
“And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:12: sweet, under
“But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. make...: Heb. create a creature”
Shares key themes with Job 20:12: mouth, under
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