“Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,”
Job 20:4 (KJV) |
Job 20:4
From Job 20, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;