Job 20:4
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Job 20:4 in other translations
| BSB | Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the 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, |
| YLT | This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? |
| DARBY | Knowest thou not this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth, |
| BBE | Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth, |
| Webster | Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, |
What does Job 20:4 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:1-9
Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.
Job 20:4 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Job 20:4
- Job 15:10
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
- Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Job 32:7
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
- Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- Genesis 9:1-3
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
- Job 8:8-9
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Job 20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
- Job 20:4
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
- Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No sabes esto que fué siempre, desde el tiempo que fué puesto el hombre sobre la tierra, |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Sais-tu bien que, de tout temps, depuis que l’homme a été mis sur la terre, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Weißt du dieses, daß von jeher, seitdem der Mensch auf die Erde gesetzt wurde, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram, |