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Job 20:12

NETBible	“If¹ evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,²
NIV © biblegateway Job 20:12	"Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
NASB © biblegateway Job 20:12	"Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,
NLT © biblegateway Job 20:12	"He enjoyed the taste of his wickedness, letting it melt under his tongue.
MSG © biblegateway Job 20:12	"They savor evil as a delicacy, roll it around on their tongues,
BBE © SABDAweb Job 20:12	Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 20:12	"Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth, though they hide it under their tongues,
NKJV © biblegateway Job 20:12	"Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,
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KJV	Though wickedness <07451> be sweet <04985> (8686) in his mouth <06310>_, [though] he hide <03582> (8686) it under his tongue <03956>_;
NASB © biblegateway Job 20:12	"Though <0518> evil <07463> is sweet <04985> in his mouth <06310> And he hides <03582> it under <08478> his tongue <03956> ,
LXXM	ean <1437> CONJ glukanyh {V-APS-3S} en <1722> PREP stomati <4750> N-DSN autou <846> D-GSM kakia <2549> N-NSF kruqei <2928> V-FAI-3S authn <846> D-ASF upo <5259> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF glwssan <1100> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	“If <0518> evil <07451> is sweet <04985> in his mouth <06310> and he hides <03582> it under <08478> his tongue <03956> ,
HEBREW	wnwsl <03956> txt <08478> hndyxky <03582> her <07451> wypb <06310> qytmt <04985> Ma (20:12) <0518>

NETBible

“If¹ evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,²

NET Notes

¹tn 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 GKC 496 §159.q).

²sn The wicked person holds on to evil as long as he can, savoring the taste or the pleasure of it.