Job 20:5
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
Brenton Septuagint
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
4Hast thou not known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
6although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines took him, and + 16:21 Gr. cut out.put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed Abessalom, and smote him and slew him.
Job 8:12When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
Job 15:29Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
Job 21:28so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
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 →