Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 20:5
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Berean Standard Bible
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
King James Version
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
World English Bible
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
American Standard Version
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Berean Literal Bible
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Job 20
3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
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