Job 20:4
Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
5That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.
Job 15:10With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
Psalms 115:16The heauens, euen the heauens are the Lordes: but he hath giuen the earth to the sonnes 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 →