Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
King James Version
In Context
4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Cross References
Judges 16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
2 Samuel 18:15And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Job 8:12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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 →