Job 20:4-5
Job 20:4-11 The Message (MSG)
“Don’t you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth? The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary. The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade, But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, ‘What’s that?’ They fly off like a dream that can’t be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light. Though once notorious public figures, now they’re nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go. Their children will go begging on skid row, and they’ll have to give back their ill-gotten gain. Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they’ll die.
Job 20:4-5 King James Version (KJV)
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?
Job 20:4-5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 20:4-5 New Century Version (NCV)
“You know how it has been for a long time, ever since people were first put on the earth. The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.
Job 20:4-5 American Standard Version (ASV)
Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 20:4-5 New International Version (NIV)
“Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth, that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Job 20:4-5 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
Job 20:4-5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Do you not know this from the old days, Since the time that man was placed on the earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless is only for a moment? [Ps 37:35, 36]