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 then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, - Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.

Said the fee - I will pursue - overtake divide spoil, - Take her fill of them - shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out - shall my hand.

And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, - and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.

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 to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, - and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.

I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

And, the populace, began to shout - A god's, voice, and not, a man's!

The joy

Lo! that, is the joy of his way, - and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

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

And, he on the rocky places sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word, and, straightway, with joy, receiveth it;

But, his own work, let each one be putting to the proof, and, then, for himself alone, the matter of boasting, shall he have, and not for some other,

Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions: - All boasting like this, is, wicked,

General references

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

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.