World English Bible
Job 20:4
“Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,”
Verse in context — Job 20
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Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
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Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
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that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
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