Job
Chapter 20
Verse 12
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Job 20

World English Bible, Verse 12

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

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 20:12. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 47
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃

7 word entries
אִם
Lemma
518 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H518
Occurrences
641
תַּמְתִּ֣יק
Lemma
4985
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4985
Occurrences
4
בְּפִ֣יו
Lemma
b/6310
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
73
רָעָ֑ה
Lemma
7451 c
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
165
יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה
Lemma
3582
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3582
Occurrences
24
תַּ֣חַת
Lemma
8478
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8478
Occurrences
423
לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ
Lemma
3956
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3956
Occurrences
72
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία, κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ,

12 word entries
Ἐὰν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
γλυκανθῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
glykanth
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
στόματι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
stoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
mouth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Mouth, opening, or speech.
Occurrences
384
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
κακία
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
kakia
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
28
κρύψει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
krypsei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
αὐτὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ὑπὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὑπό
Transliteration
hypo
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
under, by
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of ὑπό.
Occurrences
443
τὴν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
γλῶσσαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
glossan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
24
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܢ ܬܒܣܡ ܒܦܘܡܗ ܒܝܫܬܗ ܘܢܟܠܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܠܫܢܗ ܢܛܫܝܘܗܝ

8 word entries
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
471
ܬܒܣܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
tbsm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܒܦܘܡܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bpwmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
23
ܒܝܫܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
byshth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
13
ܘܢܟܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wnkl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܬܚܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
116
ܠܫܢܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lshnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
19
ܢܛܫܝܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ntshywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

אִין מִתְבַּסְמָא בְּפוּמֵיהּ בִּישְׁתָּא יְכַדְבִנָהּ תְּחוֹת לִישָׁנֵיהּ׃

7 word entries
אִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אין
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
255
מִתְבַּסְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtbsm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
בְּפוּמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bpwmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
77
בִּישְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bysht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
193
יְכַדְבִנָהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ykdbnh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
תְּחוֹת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tchwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
145
לִישָׁנֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lyshnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
7
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.

13 word entries
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
dulce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dulcis
Transliteration
dulce
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
32
fuerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
ore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
ore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
malum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
abscondet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
abscondet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
159
illud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illud
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
sub
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sub
Transliteration
sub
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
330
lingua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lingua
Transliteration
lingua
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
sua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

5 relevance votes

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

5 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and 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.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:17

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

3 relevance votes
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