Job 20:5 meaning and explanation
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 20:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Zophar the Naamathite is the third of Job's friends to speak, and he is answering Job's complaint that the wicked often prosper. Here he states his conviction as settled wisdom handed down from antiquity: the wicked may rise, but their triumph is brief and their joy lasts only a moment.
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