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 -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

and the populace were shouting, 'The voice of a god, and not of a man;'

The joy

Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

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

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

General references

their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which is in the city, and that which is in the field, have they taken;

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.