Job 20:5

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What does Job 20:5 mean?

Job 20:5 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Job 20:5

• Psalms 37:35-36

  I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

• Job 18:5-6

  Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

• Acts 12:22-23

  And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

• Job 27:8

  For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

• Psalms 73:18-20

  Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

• Job 5:3

  I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

• Job 8:12-13

  Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

• Matthew 13:20-21

  But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

• Job 27:13-23

  This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; …

• Job 15:29-34

  He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. …

• Exodus 15:9-10

  The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

• Esther 7:10

  So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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Context

• 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 20:6

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

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