Job 20:4

Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

In Context

3Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.

5That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Job 15:10Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us,— richer than thy father in days.

Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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 →

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