4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,


In Context

1 Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

2 Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.

3 The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.

4 This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,

5 that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:

Job 20:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4"Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Knowest thou not this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth,