King James Version
Job 20:5 in the King James Version says “That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near”
Job 20:5 · KJV
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? short: Heb. from near
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; clouds: Heb. cloud
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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