Job 20:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 20:4

2 “Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,
Because of the turmoil within me.

3 I have heard the rebuke¹ that reproaches me,
And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.

4 “Do you not know this of ^aold,
Since man was placed on earth,

5 ^aThat the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a ^bmoment?

6 ^aThough his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,

7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Definitions of words in Job 20:4:

Earth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Earth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}