Job 20:5
ContextNETBible | that the elation of the wicked is brief, 1 the joy of the godless 2 lasts but a moment. 3 |
XREF | Ex 15:9,10; Jud 16:21-30; Es 5:11,12; Es 7:10; Job 5:3; Job 8:19; Job 15:29-34; Job 18:5,6; Job 27:8; Job 27:13-23; Ps 37:35,36; Ps 73:18-20; Mt 7:21; Mt 13:20,21; Ac 12:22,23; Ga 6:4; Jas 4:16 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The expression in the text is “quite near.” This indicates that it is easily attained, and that its end is near. 2 tn For the discussion of חָנֵף (khanef, “godless”) see Job 8:13. 3 tn The phrase is “until a moment,” meaning it is short-lived. But see J. Barr, “Hebrew ’ad, especially at Job 1:18 and Neh 7:3,” JSS 27 (1982): 177-88. |