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Job 20:5

Judgment

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

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

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,

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

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BSB
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
KJV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
WEB
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
ASV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
DARBY
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
BLB
that the triumph of the wicked is brief, and the rejoicing of the godless is for a moment?
ÅB
at de ugudeliges jubel er kort, og den gudløses glede bare varer et øyeblikk?
OTB
at de ugudeliges jubel er kortvarig,
og de gudløses glede er bare for et øyeblikk?
B1930
at de ugudeliges jubel er kort, og den gudløses glede bare varer et øieblikk?

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