Job 20:4
Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Job 15:10With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
Psalms 115:16The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children 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 →