Devine Scripture

Job 20:4

Job chapter 20 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

Context

v.3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

v.4This passage

v.5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 32:7

    I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

  • Genesis 9:1

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Job 8:8

    For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

  • Job 15:10

    With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.