Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.
Job 8:12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
Job 21:28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
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 →