Job 20:4

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

3 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,

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

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

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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,

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