Job 20:4
Knowest you this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for I make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest you this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked short, and the joy of the hypocrite for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;