Job 20:5
that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
6If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
Cross References
Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized upon him, and forthwith pulled out his eyes, and led him bound in chains to Gaza, and shutting him up in prison made him grind.
2 Samuel 18:15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
Job 8:12When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
Job 15:29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
Job 21:28For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places 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 →