Verse 12

Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis det onde smaker søtt i munnen hans, og han skjuler det med tungen,

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Selv om ondskap smaker søtt i hans munn, selv om han gjemmer det under sin tunge,

• Norsk King James

  Selv om ondskap er søt i munnen hans, selv om han skjuler det under tungen;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om ondskap smaker søtt i hans munn, om han skjuler den under tungen sin,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Om han smaker sin egen ondskap som søtt i munnen og gjemmer det under tungen,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Selv om ondskap er søt i hans munn, og han gjemmer den under tungen;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Selv om ondskap er søt på hans lepper, og han skjuler den under tungen sin;

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Selv om ondskap er søt i hans munn, og han gjemmer den under tungen;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om ondskapen smaker søtt i hans munn, og han gjemmer den under sin tunge,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.20.12", "source": "אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃", "text": "*ʾim-* *tamtîq* *bĕ-* *pîw* *rāʿāh* *yakḥîdennāh* *taḥat* *lĕšônô*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-*": "conjunction - if", "*tamtîq*": "hifil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it is sweet", "*bĕ-*": "preposition - in", "*pîw*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth", "*rāʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - evil", "*yakḥîdennāh*": "hifil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he hides it", "*taḥat*": "preposition - under", "*lĕšônô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tongue" }, "variants": { "*tamtîq*": "is sweet/tastes good/is pleasant", "*pîw*": "his mouth/his speech", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/wickedness/wrong", "*yakḥîdennāh*": "he hides it/he conceals it/he keeps it secret", "*lĕšônô*": "his tongue/his language" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om ondskapen smaker søt i hans munn, og han holder den under tungen,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dersom Ondskab end er sød i hans Mund, (om) han vilde dølge den under sin Tunge,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Selv om ondskap er søt i hans munn, selv om han gjemmer den under tungen,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Selv om ondskap smaker søtt i hans munn, selv om han gjemmer det under sin tunge,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Selv om han søter ondskap i sin munn, og gjemmer det under tungen,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Selv om ondskapen er søt i hans munn, Selv om han gjemmer den under tungen,

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Selv om ondskapen er søt i hans munn, og han holder den skjult under tungen;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, he hyd it vnder his tongue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
• Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
• Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
• Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
• Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.