Job 20:4
Do you not know this fact from ancient times, 1 when God placed man on earth: 1
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In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, 1 but a spirit from my understanding answers me. 1
5the triumph of a wicked man is short, 1 and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment? 1
Cross References
Genesis 9:1Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
Job 15:10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men 1 who are much older than your father. 1
Psalms 115:16The heavens belong to Yahweh; 1 but the earth he has given to mankind. 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 →