Job 20:4
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
King James Version
In Context
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Cross References
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Job 15:10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Psalms 115:16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given 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 →