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Job 20:4
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"Don't you realize that from the beginning of time, ever since people were first placed on the earth,
Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
Do you [not] know this of old time, Since man was placed on earth,
"You know how it has been for a long time, ever since people were first put on the earth.
"Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,
"Do you not know this from the old days, Since the time that man was placed on the earth,
Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth,
Y woot this fro the bigynnyng, sithen man was set on erthe,
Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
Since the time of creation, everyone has known
Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
"Don't you know that ever since time began, ever since humans were placed on earth,
Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
"You know that the joy of the wicked does not last long. That has been true a long time, ever since Adam was put on earth. Those who don't know God are happy for only a short time. <
Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed vpon earth,
Do you not know from long ago, since man was put on earth,
Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,
Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
This I know from of old, since man was created upon the earth,
Surely you know that from ancient times, when we humans were first placed on earth,
Knowest thou, this - from antiquity, from the placing of man upon earth: -
This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,
Hast thou not known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,from the time a human was placed on earth,
Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on eretz,
"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of the human being on earth,
Do you know this from of old, from the setting of man on earth,
This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?
Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynninge (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth)
"Don't you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth? The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary. The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade, But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, ‘What's that?' They fly off like a dream that can't be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light. Though once notorious public figures, now they're nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go. Their children will go begging on skid row, and they'll have to give back their ill-gotten gain. Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they'll die.
"Do you know this from ancient times, From the establishment of mankind on earth,
"Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,
"Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
Do you know this from of old,From the establishment of man on earth,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou not: Job 8:8, Job 8:9, Job 15:10, Job 32:7
man: Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1-3, Psalms 115:16
Reciprocal: John 9:32 - the world
Cross-References
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Knowest thou [not] this of old,.... Or "from eternity" g, from the beginning of time, ever since the world was; as if he should say, if you are the knowing man you pretend to be, you must know this I am about to observe; and if you do not know it, you must be an ignorant man, since it is an ancient truth, confirmed by all experience from the creation; not that Job could know it so early, he was not the first man that was born, nor was he made before the hills, but was of yesterday, and comparatively knew nothing; but the sense is, that this about to be delivered was an old established maxim, of which there had been numerous instances,
since man, or "Adam",
was placed upon earth; referring to the putting of Adam in Eden to dress the garden, and keep it; and every man, ever since, is placed on earth by the ordination, and according to the will of God, where and for purposes he pleases: the instances Zophar might have in view are perhaps the expulsion of our first parents out of paradise, the vagabond state of Cain, the destruction of the old world by a flood, and of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire from heaven; which show that God, sooner or later, gives manifest tokens of his displeasure at sin and sinners, by his punishment of them for it. What he means is as follows.
g ×× × ×¢× "ab aeterno", Junius & Tremellius, Drusius, Codurcus, Schmidt, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Knowest thou not this of old - That is, dost thou not know that this has always happened from the beginning of the world, or that this is the invariable course of events. His purpose is to show that it was the settled arrangement of Providence that the wicked would be overtaken with signal calamity. It was âsoâ settled that Job ought not to be surprised that it had occurred in âhisâ case. Zophar goes on to show that though a wicked man might rise high in honor, and obtain great wealth, yet that the fall would certainly come, and he would sink to a depth of degradation corresponding to the former prosperity.
Since man was placed upon earth - Since the creation; that is, it has always been so.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 20:4. Knowest thou not this of old — This is a maxim as ancient as the world; it began with the first man: A wicked man shall triumph but a short time; God will destroy the proud doer.
Since man was placed upon earth — Literally, since ADAM was placed on the earth; that is, since the fall, wickedness and hypocrisy have existed; but they have never triumphed long. Thou hast lately been expressing confidence in reference to a general judgment; but such is thy character, that thou hast little reason to anticipate with any joy the decisions of that day.
