Job 20:4

² “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

³ I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

⁵ the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

⁶ Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: Vet du da ikke at slik har det vært fra evighet, fra den tid mennesker ble satt på jorden,
OTB: Vet du ikke dette fra eldgamle tider,
siden mennesket ble satt på jorden,
B1930: Vet du da ikke at slik har det vært fra evighet, fra den tid mennesker blev satt på jorden,

BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
KJV: Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
WEB: Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
ASV: Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
DARBY: Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
BLB: This do you know from long ago, from the placing of man upon the earth,

Job 15:10
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
Les i sammenheng
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Les i sammenheng
Job 32:7
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
Les i sammenheng
Psalms 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
Les i sammenheng
Genesis 9:1–3
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Les i sammenheng
Job 8:8–9
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
Les i sammenheng