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, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.

And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.

And the populace shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man.

The joy

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.

And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,

But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have the boast in himself alone and not in the other man.

But now ye 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 profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.