Job 20:5
that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
Free Bible Version
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
4Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
6Even though they are so tall they reach the heavens, even though their heads reach the clouds,
Cross References
Judges 16:21The Philistines grabbed him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza where they imprisoned him in bronze chains. He was made to work grinding grain at the mill in the prison.
2 Samuel 18:15Ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom and hacked him to death.
Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
Job 8:12Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass.
Job 15:29They will lose their riches, their wealth will not endure, their possessions will not spread over the earth.
Job 21:28You may ask me, ‘Where is the home of the great man? Where is the place where the wicked live?’
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 →