Job 20:13

Bible in Basic English

Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
though he cherishes it and will not let it gobut keeps it in his mouth,

Hebrew Names Version
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

King James Version
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

English Standard Version
though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,

New Century Version
They cannot stand to let go of it; they keep it in their mouths.

New English Translation
if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

Amplified Bible
Though he desires it and will not let it go But holds it in his mouth,

New American Standard Bible
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,

World English Bible
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

Legacy Standard Bible
Though he desires it and will not forsake it,And holds it to his palate,

Berean Standard Bible
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Contemporary English Version
and swallow it slowly.

Complete Jewish Bible
he may linger over it and not let it go but keep it there in his mouth —

Darby Translation
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,

Easy-to-Read Version
He hates to let it go and holds it in his mouth.

George Lamsa Translation
Though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still in his mouth;

Lexham English Bible
though he spares it and does not let it go and holds it back in the midst of his palate,

Literal Translation
he spares it, and he will not leave it; yea, he keeps holding it in his mouth);

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.

American Standard Version
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

King James Version (1611)
Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keepe it stil within his mouth:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

English Revised Version
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in his throte.

Update Bible Version
Though he spares it, and will not let it go, But keeps it still inside his mouth;

Webster's Bible Translation
[Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

New King James Version
Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,

New Living Translation
They savored it, holding it long in their mouths.

New Life Bible
He hates to let it go, and holds it in his mouth.

New Revised Standard
though they are loath to let it go, and hold it in their mouths,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.

Revised Standard Version
though he is loath to let it go, and holds it in his mouth,

Young's Literal Translation
Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth. ¹¹ His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust. ¹² Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; ¹³ Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; ¹⁴ His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him. ¹⁵ He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. ¹⁶ He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. ¹⁷ Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. ¹⁸ He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. ¹⁹ Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spare it: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Mark 9:43-49, Romans 8:13

within his mouth: Heb. in the midst of his palate

Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:28 - the

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

Genesis 12:9
And he went on, journeying still to the South.

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 20:5
Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

Psalms 64:5
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

Acts 5:9
But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Though] he spare it,.... Not that he feeds sparingly on it, for he eats of it freely and plentifully, with great eagerness and greediness; it designs the gratefulness of it to him; he does not spit it out as loathsome, having tasted of it, but retains it as sweet and pleasant; he spares it as Saul did Agag, and as a man spares his only son; sin being a child, a brat of a wicked man, and therefore it is dear unto him:

and forsake it not: as he never will, until he is fully convinced of the evil of it, and it becomes exceeding sinful to him, and so loathsome and disagreeable; and he is restrained from it by the grace of God, and enabled by it to desert it, for such an one only finds mercy, Proverbs 28:13;

but keep it still within his mouth; like an epicure, that will not suffer his food quickly to go down his throat into his stomach, that he may have the greater pleasure in tasting, palating, and relishing it; as Philoxenus, who wished his throat as long as a crane's, that he might be the longer in tasting the sweetness of what he ate and drank; so the wicked man keeps sin within his mouth, not by restraining his mouth from speaking evil, rather by a non-confession of it, but chiefly by continuing and persisting in it, that he might have all the pleasure and satisfaction he has promised himself in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though he spare it - That is, though he retains it long in his mouth, that he may enjoy it the more.

And forsake it not - Retains it as long as he can.

But keep it still within his mouth - Margin, as in Hebrew “in the midst of his palate.” He seeks to enjoy it as long as possible.