Job 20:4
Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Job 15:10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →