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Job 20:5
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the joy of the wicked has been briefand the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.
that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?
That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
That the shouts of joy of the wicked are short,And the gladness of the godless momentary?
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
that sinful people are happy for only a while.
that the triumph of the wicked is always short-lived, and the joy of the ungodly is gone in a moment?
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment.
no wicked people have been happy for long.
that the rejoicing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?
that the exulting of the wicked is near an end , and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?
the prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but ye twincklinge of an eye?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
That the gladnesse of the vngodlie hath ben short, and that the ioy of hypocrites continued but the twinckling of an eye?
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
that the preisyng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite is at the licnesse of a poynt.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
that the honor of the sinful is short, and the joy of the sinful lasts only a short time?
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?
That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the triumphing: Job 5:3, Job 15:29-34, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 27:13-23, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 15:10, Judges 16:21-30, Esther 5:11, Esther 5:12, Esther 7:10, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 73:18-20, Acts 12:22, Acts 12:23
short: Heb. from near
the joy: Job 8:19, Job 27:8, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 13:20, Matthew 13:21, Galatians 6:4, James 4:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:28 - General Joshua 8:22 - let none Judges 5:30 - Have they not sped Judges 15:14 - the Philistines Judges 16:30 - and the house Judges 20:35 - twenty 1 Samuel 4:5 - all Israel 1 Samuel 23:7 - he is shut 1 Samuel 30:16 - because of all 2 Samuel 15:10 - reigneth 1 Kings 1:41 - as they 1 Kings 16:15 - seven 2 Kings 15:23 - and reigned two years Ezra 4:24 - So Esther 5:9 - joyful Esther 6:12 - hasted to his house Job 8:13 - the hypocrite's Job 15:21 - in prosperity Job 20:18 - swallow Job 21:27 - I know Job 24:24 - are exalted Psalms 35:24 - and let Psalms 37:2 - General Psalms 58:9 - as Psalms 73:19 - How Psalms 94:3 - the wicked Proverbs 10:3 - but Proverbs 12:3 - shall not be established Proverbs 12:19 - but Ecclesiastes 8:13 - it shall Isaiah 37:36 - and when Isaiah 51:13 - where is Jeremiah 4:18 - Thy way Daniel 4:33 - same Daniel 5:5 - the same Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Matthew 27:3 - repented Mark 11:20 - General Luke 4:5 - in Luke 6:25 - mourn Luke 12:1 - which Luke 22:53 - but John 8:9 - went out John 16:20 - but the Acts 5:37 - he also Hebrews 11:25 - the pleasures
Cross-References
"The Lord , the Mighty One, is God! The Lord , the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord . If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.
"As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,
"Remember, O Lord , how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you." Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.
You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.
The Lord judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O Lord , for I am innocent, O Most High!
Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.
May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you.
I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O Lord ,
Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short,.... Their outward prosperity and felicity, of which they make their boast, and in which they glory and triumph for a while; at first Job's friends set out with this notion, that the wicked never flourished and prospered, but it always went ill with them in Providence; but being beat out of that, they own they may be for a small time in flourishing and prosperous circumstances, but it is but for a small time; which may be true in many instances, but it is not invariable and without exception the case: the sense is, it is but a little while that they are in so much mirth and jollity, and triumph over their neighbours, as being in more advantageous circumstances than they; this is said in the original text to be "from near" h; it is but a little while ago when it began; and; as the Targum paraphrases it, it will be quickly ended:
and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment; the word "wicked", in the former clause, may signify the same person here called the "hypocrite"; but inasmuch as that signifies one restless and troublesome, one that is ungodly, and destitute of the fear of God, that has nothing in him but wickedness, who is continually committing it, and is abandoned to it; it might be thought not to apply to the character of Job, whom Zophar had in his view, and therefore this is added as descriptive of him: an hypocrite is one who seems to be that he is not, holy, righteous, good, and godly; who professes to have what he has not, the true grace of God, and pretends to worship God, but does not do it cordially, and from right principles; and who seeks himself in all he does, and not the glory of God: now there may be a joy in such sort of persons; they may hear ministers gladly, as Herod heard John, and receive the word with joy, as the stony ground hearers did, Mark 6:20; they may seem to delight in the ways and ordinances of God, and even have some tastes of the powers of the world to come, and some pleasing thoughts and hopes of heaven and happiness; as well as they triumph in and boast of their profession of religion and performance of duties, and rejoice in their boastings, which is evil; but then this is like the pleasures of sin, which are but for a season, or like the crackling of thorns under a pot, which make a great noise and blaze, but soon over, Ecclesiastes 7:6; and so their joy in civil as well as religious, things. It is possible Zophar might be so ill natured as to have reference to Job's triumph of faith, Job 19:25; and by this would suggest, that his faith in a living Redeemer, and the joy of it he professed, would be soon over and no more; which shows what spirit he was of.
h מקרוב "de propinquo", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That the triumphing - The word “triumphing” here (רננה renânâh),” shouting, rejoicing” - such a shouting as people make after a victory, or such as occurred at the close of harvesting. Here it means that the occasion which the wicked had for rejoicing would be brief. It would be but for a moment, and he then would be overwhelmed with calamity or cut off by death.
Short - Margin, as in Hebrew “from near.” That is, it would be soon over.
And the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? - This probably means, as used by Zophar, that the happiness of a hypocrite would be brief - referring to the happiness arising from the possession of health, life, property, friends, reputation. Soon God would take away all these, and leave him to sorrow. This, he said, was the regular course of events as they had been observed from the earliest times. But the “language” conveys most important truths in reference to the spiritual joys of the hypocrite at all times, though it is not certain that Zophar used it in this sense. The truths are these.
(1) There is a kind of joy which a hypocrite may have - the counterfeit of that which a true Christian possesses. The word “hypocrite” may be used in a large sense to denote the man who is a professor of religion, but who has none, as well as him who intentionally imposes on others, and who makes pretensions to piety which he knows he has not. Such a man may have joy. He supposes that his sins are forgiven, and that he has a well-founded hope of eternal life. He may have been greatly distressed in view of his sin and danger, and when he supposes that his heart is changed, and that the danger is passed, from the nature of the case he will have a species of enjoyment. A man is confined in a dungeon under sentence of death. A forged instrument of pardon is brought to him. He does not know that it is forged, and supposes the danger is past, and his joy will be as real as though the pardon were genuine. So with the man who “supposes” that his sins are forgiven.
(2) The joy of the self-deceiver or the hypocrite will be short. There is no genuine religion to sustain it, and it soon dies away. It may be at first very elevated, just as the joy of the man who supposed that he was pardoned would fill him with exultation. But in the case of the hypocrite it soon dies away. He has no true love to God; he has never been truly reconciled to him; he has no real faith in Christ; he has no sincere love of prayer, of the Bible, or of Christians and soon the temporary excitement dies away, and he lives without comfort or peace. He may be a professor of religion, but with him it is a matter of form, and he has neither love nor zeal in the cause of his professed Master. Motives of pride, or the desire of a reputation for piety, or some other selfish aim may keep him in the church, and he lives to shed blighting on all around him. Or if, under the illusion, he should be enabled to keep up some emotions of happiness in his bosom, they must soon cease, for to the hypocrite death will soon end it all. How much does it become us, therefore, to inquire whether the peace which we seek and which we may possess in religion, is the genuine happiness which results from true reconciliation to God and a well founded hope of salvation. Sad will be the disappointment of him who has cherished a hope of heaven through life, should he at last sink down to hell! Deep the condemnation of him who has professed to be a friend of God, and who has been at heart his bitter foe; who has endeavored to keep up the forms of religion, but who has been a stranger through life to the true peace which religion produces!
