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Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

That the triumphing {H7445} of the wicked {H7563} is short {H7138}, and the joy {H8057} of the hypocrite {H2611} but for a moment {H7281}?

that the triumph of the wicked is always short-lived, and the joy of the ungodly is gone in a moment?

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 37:35 (8 votes)

    I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
  • Psalms 37:36 (8 votes)

    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Job 18:5 (3 votes)

    ¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
  • Job 18:6 (3 votes)

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
  • Job 8:12 (3 votes)

    Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
  • Job 8:13 (3 votes)

    So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
  • Acts 12:22 (3 votes)

    And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
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