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 saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.

He shall not be rich, and his wealth shall not rise up; their possession shall not extend upon the earth.

Also the light of the unjust shall be extinguished, and the flame of his fire shall not shine;

This the portion of an unjust man with God, and the inheritance of the terrible they shall take from the Almighty.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will enclose, I will divide the spoil: my soul shall be filled with them: I will draw out my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.

And Philisteim will seize him, and they will bore out his eyes, and will bring him down to Gaza and bind him with fetters of brass, and he will be grinding in the house of bonds.

And Haman will recount to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all how the king magnified him, and how he lifted him up over the chiefs and servants of the king.

And they will hang Haman upon the tree that he preps for Mordecai. And the wrath of the king subsided.

I saw the unjust one making afraid, and spreading abroad as a green native tree.

Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins.

And the people called aloud, The voice of God, and not of man.

The joy

Behold, this the rejoicing of his way, and from the dust shall they cause another to grow.

For what the hope of the profane one if he shall plunder? for God shall draw out his soul.

Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

And he having sown upon rocky places, this is he hearing the word, and quickly with joy receiving it;

And let each try his own work, and then in himself alone will he have boasting, and not in another.

And now ye boast in your arrogance: all such boasting is evil.

General references

Their sheep and their oxen and their asses, and what was in the city, and what in the field, they took.

For what the hope of the profane one if he shall plunder? for God shall draw out his soul.

For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.