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Job 20:4

World English Bible

Don’t you know this from old time,
since man was placed on earth,

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Job 20:4 in other translations

Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

Job 20:4 · American Standard Version

Job 20:4 in context

  1. 2“Therefore my thoughts answer me,
    even by reason of my haste that is in me.
  2. 3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
    The spirit of my understanding answers me.
  3. 4Don’t you know this from old time,
    since man was placed on earth,
  4. 5that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
    the joy of the godless but for a moment?
  5. 6Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,