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;
Related Verses
“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”
“Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?”
“Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,”
“Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?”
“Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;”