Job 20:5
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
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Job 20:5 Context
3I haue heard the checke of my reproach, and the spirit of my vnderstanding causeth me to answere. 4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed vpon earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauens, and his head reach vnto the clouds: 7Yet he shall perish for euer, like his owne doung: they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
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That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
- King James Version
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- American Standard Version (1901)
That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
- Basic English Bible
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
- Darby Bible
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Webster's Bible
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- World English Bible
That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
- Youngs Literal Bible
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible