Job 20:13

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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;	[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:	[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Though he spare^H2550 it, and forsake^H5800 it not; but keep it still^H4513 within^H8432 his mouth^H2441:

Original Hebrew

יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתֹוךְ חִכֹּו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יַחְמֹ֣ל	yach.Mol	H2550	HVqi3ms	he spares
עָ֭לֶי/הָ	'A.lei./ha	H5921	HR/Sp3fs	(on)/ it
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
יַֽעַזְבֶ֑/נָּה	ya.'az.Ve./nah	H5800	HVqi3ms/Sp3fs	he lets loose/ it
וְ֝/יִמְנָעֶ֗/נָּה	ve./yim.na.'E./nah	H4513	HC/Vqi3ms/Sp3fs	and/ he withholds/ it
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) midst of
חִכּֽ/וֹ	chi.K/o	H2441	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	mouth/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2441 — חֵךְ (chêk, khake): probably from חָנַךְ in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing); (roof of the) mouth, taste.
H2550 — חָמַל (châmal, khaw-mal'): a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare; have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
H4513 — מָנַע (mânaʻ, maw-nah'): a primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury; deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 19:28

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