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Job 20:4

Judgment

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,

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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,
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,

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