Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,.... Which may respect some particular sin, and by the context it seems to be the sin of covetousness, or of getting riches in an unlawful way, which is very…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth - Though he has pleasure in committing it, as he has in pleasant food. The sense of this and the following verses is, that though a man may have pleasure in…
The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other…
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