Job 20:5
That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
In Context
4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
6Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;
Cross References
Judges 16:21So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.
Esther 7:10So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Job 8:12When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
Job 15:29He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
Job 21:28For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?
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 →