5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?


In Context

2 |Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.

3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.

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

5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

Job 20:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:5that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?