Job 20:5
That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
Geneva Bible 1599
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
4Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
6Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Cross References
Judges 16:21Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.
2 Samuel 18:15And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
Job 8:12Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the princes house? and where is the tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?
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 →