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Job 20:5
5You know that a wicked person is only happy for a short time. His joy continues only for a moment.
Job 20:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- New International Version (NIV)that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- New King James Version (NKJV)That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
Context of Job 20:5
3You have said things that insult me. But now I know how to reply to you. 4I am sure that you know this fact. It has been true from long ago, since people first lived on the earth. You know that a wicked person is only happy for a short time. His joy continues only for a moment. 6He may think that he is more important than other people. He may be proud of the honour that he receives. 7But he will disappear for ever, like dung that people throw away. His friends will ask, “Where is he?”
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כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:5
- Job 5:3I have seen fools who seemed to be successful. But suddenly a curse destroyed their homes.
- Job 15:29He will not be rich. He will lose his valuable things. Everything that he has will disappear.
- Job 18:5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
- Job 27:13I will tell you what Almighty God does to wicked people. He punishes cruel people as they deserve.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
- Judges 16:21The Philistines took hold of Samson. They cut out his eyes. They tied him up with bronze chains. They made him do hard work as their prisoner. He had to push a heavy stone to make grain into flour.
- Esther 5:11Haman told them how rich he was, and how many sons he had. He told them of all the things that the king had done to give him great honour. He told them that he was now more important than all the king's other rulers and officers.
- Esther 7:10So they took Haman and they hanged him on the tower until he was dead. It was the same tower that Haman had wanted to kill Mordecai on. After that, the king did not feel so angry.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen cruel, wicked people become very powerful, like trees that grow well in good soil.
- Psalms 73:18Yes, I realized that they are in a dangerous place, where they will easily slip. You will cause them to fall down to their death.
- Acts 12:22When he spoke, the people shouted, ‘This is not a man who is speaking to us. This is the voice of a god!’
- Job 8:19People who are like weeds only have that kind of joy. When they disappear, other weeds grow in their place.
- Job 27:8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die.
- Matthew 7:21Some people say to me, “Master, Master!” But not all of them will come into the kingdom of heaven. Only the people who obey God, my Father in heaven, will come in. They do what he wants them to do.
- Matthew 13:20Other seeds fell on soil with rocks in it. This is like some people who hear God's message. These people are happy to believe it for a time.
- Galatians 6:4Everyone should think carefully about the things that they themselves do. If those things are good, that is a reason to be proud. A person like that does not need to think about whether he is better than anyone else.
Commentaries on Job 20:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5That the triumphing - The word “triumphing” here (רננה renânâh ),” shouting, rejoicing” - such a shouting as people make after a victory, or such as occurred at the close of harvesting. Here it means that the occasion which the wicked had for rejoicing would be brief. It would be but for a moment, and he then would be overwhelmed with calamity or cut off by death. Short - Margin, as in Hebrew “from near.” That is, it would be soon over. And the joy of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the hypocrite--literally, "the ungodly" (Psa 37:35, 36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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