Key Verse Spotlight
Job 20:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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?
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