Job 20:4
This, I know, is from the beginning, from the time that man was set over the earth:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
5that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
Job 15:10There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
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 →