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 a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
His possessions will not increase in the land.

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”

The joy

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
yet others will sprout from the dust.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

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

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

But each person should examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in respect to someone else.

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

General references

They took their sheep, cattle, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.