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 grind in the prison-house.

And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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

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

Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

And the people shouted,'saying , 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 shall others spring.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

General references

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

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

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