Job 20:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment? [Ps. 37:35, 36.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Common English Bible

⁵ that the rejoicing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless, brief?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Job 20:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:14

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Job 21:28

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Job 34:30

That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 8:19

Behold, this is the joy of his way, And out of the earth shall others spring

Psalm 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

Psalm 94:3

LORD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

Psalm 94:4

They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

Matthew 7:21

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Galatians 6:4

But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbour.

James 4:16

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.