Job 20:4 · KJV
“Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,”
— Job 20:4
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
Job 20 — Context
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me}
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}
Cross References
Job 8:8-9
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Job 15:10
With us {are} both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}
Genesis 9:1-3
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Job 32:7
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Psalms 115:16
The heaven, {even} the heavens, {are} the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.