Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
KJV
quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.
Vulgate
εὐφροσύνη δὲ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον, χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια·
LXX
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
ASV
כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִ/קָּר֑וֹב וְ/שִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי רָֽגַע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חָנֵ֣ף
chnp
adjective · 13×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
קָר֥וֹב
qrvb
adjective · 75×
רְנָנָ֣ה
rnnh
noun · 4×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רֶ֖גַע
rg'
noun · 21×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 23:7 — And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
- 1Sam 30:16 — And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philis
- Acts 12:22 — And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
- Dan 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
- Esth 6:12 — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
- Job 5:3 — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 8:12 — Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
- Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- Job 8:19 — Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
- Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Job 18:5 — Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- Job 24:24 — They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
- Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- John 8:9 — And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
- John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
- Judg 20:35 — And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Luke 4:5 — And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
- Luke 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- Prov 10:3 — The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
- Prov 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Ps 37:2 — For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
- Ps 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Ps 94:3 — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?