Job 20:5
That the singing of the wicked [is] short, || And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Literal Standard 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
4Have you known this from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?
6Though his excellence goes up to the heavens, || He strikes his head against a cloud—
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two bronze chains; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
2 Samuel 18:15And they go around—ten youths carrying weapons of Joab—and strike Absalom, and put him to death.
Esther 7:10And they hang Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king has lain down.
Job 8:12While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, || Even before any herb it withers.
Job 15:29He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, || Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth.
Job 21:28For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—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 →