Job 20:4
Hast thou not known these things of old, 1 From the time that man was set upon the earth? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3I will hear my shameful reproach; 1 And the spirit of my understanding answers me. 1
5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Job 15:10Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, 1 More advanced in days than thy father. 1
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 →