Job 20:13 BSB — MannaFest

Job 20:13

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV (604)

Ver. 13. He will spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still within his throat. [LITERAL INTERPRETATION] 14. For the evil that he delights in he 'spares,' because he does not, by practising penance, hunt it down in himself. Whence too it is added; and forsake it not. For if he had the mind to 'forsake,' he would not 'spare' it, but would pursue it closely. Now he 'keeps it within his throat;' because he so retains it in thought, that he never utters it in speech.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Or his hiding it and keeping it under his tongue denotes his industrious concealment of his beloved lust. Being a hypocrite, his haunts of sin are secret, that he may save the credit of his profession; but he who knows what is in the heart knows what is under the tongue too, and will discover it shortly.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יַחְמֹ֣ל	yach.Mol	he spares	H2550 →
עָ֭לֶיהָ	'A.lei.ha	<on> it	H5921 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה	ya.'az.Ve.nah	he lets loose it	H5800 →
וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה	ve.yim.na.'E.nah	and he withholds it	H4513 →
בְּת֣וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in [the] midst of	H8432 →
חִכּֽוֹ׃	chi.Ko	mouth his	H2441 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
leads to
- Galatians 6:8
  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Colossians 3:5–8
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
  No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Titus 2:12
  It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Job: the study guide →Read chapter 20 →The featured study →

Continue: Job 20 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job