Job 20:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,”
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BSBPD
“though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 20:13 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 11:18And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
- Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
- Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- Romans 8:13For 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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