Job 20:5

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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?

Context of Job 20:5

3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply. 4“Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth, that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. 6Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, 7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:5 word by word

כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That the triumphingרְנָנָהrenânâh · triumphingH7445
• of the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• shortקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• and the joyשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
• of the hypocriteחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• for a momentרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281

Cross-references for Job 20:5

• Job 5:3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Job 15:29He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
• Job 18:5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
• Job 27:13“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
• Exodus 15:9The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’
• Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
• Esther 5:11Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
• Esther 7:10So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
• Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
• Psalms 73:18Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
• Acts 12:22They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.”
• Job 8:19Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
• Job 27:8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
• Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
• Matthew 13:20The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
• Galatians 6:4Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone 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

Topics related to Job 20:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Happiness
• Hypocrisy
• Joy
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Affliction
• Godless
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Moment
• Zophar

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