Job 20:4
Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!
Cross References
Genesis 9:1God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
Job 15:10We have among us old, gray-haired people much older than your father!
Psalms 115:16The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to humankind.
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 →