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Myles Coverdale Bible

Job 20:13

That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hypocrisy;   Pleasure;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Worldliness;   The Topic Concordance - Oppression;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

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);
American Standard Version
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Bible in Basic English
Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in 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 childre go a begginge, their handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse. 11 From his youth his bones are ful of vyce, which shal lie downe wt him in ye earth. 12 Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. 13 That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. 14 The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body. 15 The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely. 16 The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him: 17 so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter: 18 But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them. 19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them.

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
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Abram: Get the out of thy countre, and from thy kynred, and out of thy fathers house, in to a londe which I wil shew the.
Genesis 12:9
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.
Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, & sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans sake which thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife.
Genesis 20:5
Sayde not he vnto me: she is my sister? Yee and sayde not she her self also: he is my brother? With a pure hert & with innocent handes haue I done this.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,
1 Samuel 23:21
Then sayde Saul: Blessed be ye of the LORDE, that ye haue had pytie vpon me:
Psalms 64:5
They haue deuysed myschefe, and commoned amonge them selues, how they maye laye snares: tush (saye they) who shall se them?
Acts 5:9
Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempte the sprete of the LORDE? Beholde, the fete of the which haue buried thy hussbande, are at the dore, & shal carye the out.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.

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.


 
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