Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Majority Standard Bible
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
4Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Cross References
Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Job 8:12While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
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 →