Job 20:5

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Summary

Job 20:5

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

The triumphing

The joy

General references

Genesis 34:28

Job 27:8

Psalm 37:2

Bible References

The triumphing

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be gratified against them;
I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the

number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had

promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to

destruction.

The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

The joy

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

General references

They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.