Job 20:5
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
Darby Translation
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
4Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Job 8:12Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
Job 15:29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
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 →