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Job 20:5

Judgment

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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;

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, 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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