World English Bible
Job 20:5
“that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?”
Verse in context — Job 20
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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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yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?
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