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 myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

"He won't become rich and his wealth won't last; he won't expand his holdings to cover the land.

"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:

"The enemy said, "I'll pursue them, I'll overtake them, I'll divide the spoil. I'll satisfy my anger on them, I'll draw my sword, and my hand will bring them to ruin.'

Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison.

Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number of his sons, all the ways the king had honored him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers of the king.

The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

The people kept shouting, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!"

The joy

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

General references

seizing all of their flocks, herds, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or had been left out in the field.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.