Job 20:5
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
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;
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Cross-References
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”
“I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.”
“Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?”
“Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;”
“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”