Job 20:5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

English Standard Version
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

New American Standard Bible
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?

King James Bible
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

International Standard Version
The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Darby Bible Translation
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

Young's Literal Translation
That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

Cross References

Job 8:12
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it wither before any other herb.

Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Job 8:19
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Job 34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Psalm 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Psalm 37:36
Yet he passed away, and, see, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Psalm 94:3
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. the hypocrite—literally, "the ungodly" (Ps 37:35, 36).