"That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}" — Job 20:5

Job 20:5 · KJV

“That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}”

— Job 20:5

Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}

Job 20 — Context

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud}

{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?

Cross References

Psalms 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

Job 18:5-6

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 8:12-13

Whilst it {is} yet in his greenness, {and} not cut down, it withereth before any {other} herb.

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Psalms 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Job 27:8

For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Acts 12:22-23

And the people gave a shout, {saying, It is} the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Matthew 13:20-21

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;