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


In Context

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 "My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.

3 I 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 man was placed on the earth,

5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon 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,