Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 20:13
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Berean Standard Bible
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
King James Version
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
World English Bible
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
American Standard Version
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Berean Literal Bible
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Job 20
11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
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