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Job 20:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? "

Job 20:5

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

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

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

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

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From This Chapter

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 20:4

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

Job 20:6

"Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;"

Job 20:7

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

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