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Job 20:13
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though he cherishes it and will not let it gobut keeps it in his mouth,
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,
They cannot stand to let go of it; they keep it in their mouths.
if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
Though he desires it and will not let it go But holds it in his mouth,
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
Though he desires it and will not forsake it,And holds it to his palate,
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
he may linger over it and not let it go but keep it there in his mouth —
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
He hates to let it go and holds it in his mouth.
Though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still in his mouth;
though he spares it and does not let it go and holds it back in the midst of his palate,
he spares it, and he will not leave it; yea, he keeps holding it in his mouth);
That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keepe it stil within his mouth:
That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.
though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
He schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in his throte.
Though he spares it, and will not let it go, But keeps it still inside his mouth;
[Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,
They savored it, holding it long in their mouths.
He hates to let it go, and holds it in his mouth.
though they are loath to let it go, and hold it in their mouths,
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,
He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
though he is loath to let it go, and holds it in his mouth,
Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,
Contextual Overview
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
The Lord said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you.
Later, Abram started out toward the Southern Desert.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You have taken a married woman, and for this you will die!"
Abraham answered: I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.
Saul told them: You've done me a big favor, and I pray that the Lord will bless you.
They are determined to do evil, and they tell themselves, "Let's set traps! No one can see us."
Then Peter said, "Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!"
Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.
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.
