Job 20:4
Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Cross References
Genesis 9:1God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
Job 15:10With us are both the grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
Psalms 115:16The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
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 →