Job 20:5
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
4Hast thou not known these things of old, 1 From the time that man was set upon the earth? 1
6Although his gifts should go up to heaven, 1 And his sacrifice reach the clouds. 1
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bore Joab’s armor compassed Absalom, and smote him and slew him.
Job 8:12When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, 1 Does not any herb wither before it has received moisture? 1
Job 15:29Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: 1 He shall not cast a shadow upon the earth. 1
Job 21:28So that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? 1 And where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? 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 →