Job 20:5

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

4Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,

6Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds;

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Cross References

Judges 16:21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazzah, and bound him with fetters of copper; and he had to grind in the prison-house.

2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

Job 8:12It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when it withereth before any other grass.

Job 15:29[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?

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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