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Job 20:4 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, "
Job 20:4
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
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?
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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Job 20:1
"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"
Job 20:2
"Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste."
Job 20:3
"I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer."
Job 20:5
"That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"
Job 20:6
"Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;"
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