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


In Context

2 Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.

3 The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

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

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

6 Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike —

7 As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but 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?