Job 20:4
“Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,”
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Cross-References
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
“For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:”
“With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.”