Job

Job 20:4–5

⁴Do you not know that from antiquity,

since man was placed on the earth,

⁵the triumph of the wicked has been brief

and the joy of the godless momentary?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you not know	יָ֭דַעְתָּ	yā·ḏa‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
that	הֲזֹ֣את	hă·zōṯ	Article; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
antiquity	עַ֑ד	‘aḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H5703 perpetuity
since	מִנִּ֤י	min·nî	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
man	אָדָ֣ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
was placed	שִׂ֖ים	śîm	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7760 put, place, set
on	עֲלֵי־	‘ă·lê-	Preposition	H5921 height
the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the triumph	רִנְנַ֣ת	rin·naṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7445 id.
of the wicked	רְ֭שָׁעִים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
has been brief	מִקָּר֑וֹב	miq·qā·rō·wḇ	Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H7138 near
and the joy	וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת	wə·śim·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8057 joy, gladness, mirth
of the godless	חָנֵ֣ף	ḥā·nêp̄	Noun - masculine singular	H2611 profane, irreligious
momentary	רָֽגַע׃	rā·ḡa‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7281 a moment

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 20:5 Psalm 37:35–36 · Job 18:5–6 · Acts 12:22–23 · Matthew 13:20–21 · Job 5:3 · Job 8:12–13 · Job 27:8 · Psalm 73:18–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.