Job 20:5
That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, this—from antiquity, from the placing of man upon earth:—
6Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,
Cross References
Judges 16:21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,—and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.
2 Samuel 18:15Then came round ten young men who bare Joab’s armour,—and smote Absolom, and slew him.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai,—and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Job 8:12Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Job 15:29He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
Job 21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
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 →