Job 20:4
הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי ־ עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
In Context
3מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי ׃
5כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי ־ רָֽגַע ׃
Cross References
Genesis 9:1וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ נֹחַ וְאֶת ־ בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Job 15:10גַּם ־ שָׂב גַּם ־ יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים ׃
Psalms 115:16הַשָּׁמַיִם שָׁמַיִם לַיהוָה וְהָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִבְנֵי ־ אָדָֽם ׃
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 →