Job 20:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

That the gladnesse of the vngodlie hath ben short, and that the ioy of hypocrites continued but the twinckling of an eye?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃

Transliteration

kî rinnat rĕšāʿîm mi-qārôb wĕ- śimḥat ḥānēp ʿădê- rāgaʿ

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - that/for/because
• *rinnat*: noun, feminine singular construct - joyful shouting/jubilation
• *rĕšāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *mi-qārôb*: preposition with adjective, masculine singular - from near/recent
• *wĕ-*: conjunction - and
• *śimḥat*: noun, feminine singular construct - joy/gladness
• *ḥānēp*: adjective/noun, masculine singular - godless/profane/hypocrite
• *ʿădê-*: preposition - until
• *rāgaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - moment/instant

Word Meanings

• *rinnat*: joyful shouting/triumphing/exultation/jubilation
• *rĕšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/criminals
• *mi-qārôb*: from near/recent/short-lived
• *śimḥat*: joy/gladness/rejoicing
• *ḥānēp*: godless/profane/hypocrite/impious
• *rāgaʿ*: moment/instant/brief time

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree. 36 And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed. 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne: they faynt, they consume away for very dread. 20 They be as a dreame to a man after he is once waked: O Lorde thou wylt cause their image to be dispised in the citie.
• Matt 7:21 : 21 Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it: 21 Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people gaue a shout saying It is the voyce of God, & not of a man. 23 And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
• Gal 6:4 : 4 But let euery man proue his owne worke, & then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe, and not in another.
• Jas 4:16 : 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll.
• Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemie sayde, I wyll folowe on the I wyll ouertake them I wyll deuide the spoyle, and my lust shalbe satisfied vppon them: I wyll drawe my sworde, myne hande shall destroy them. 10 Thou diddest blowe with thy wynde, the sea couered the, they sanke as leade in the myghtie waters.
• Judg 16:21-30 : 21 But the Philistines toke hym, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters of brasse: and he dyd grynde in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the heere of his head began to growe agayne after that he was shauen. 23 Then the lordes of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a solempne offring vnto Dagon their God, and to reioyce: For they sayd, Our God hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes. 24 And when the people sawe him, they praysed their God: for they sayde, Our God hath delyuered into our handes our enemie, and destroyer of our countrey, whiche slue manye of vs. 25 And when their heartes were mery, they sayde: Send for Samson, that he may make vs laugh. And they set Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them: and they set hym betweene the pyllers. 26 And Samson sayde vnto the lad that led hym by the hande: Set me that I may touche the pyllers that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them. 27 And the house was full of men and women, and there were all the lordes of the Philistines: And there were vpon the roofe a three thousande men and women, that behelde whyle Samson played. 28 And Samson called vnto the Lorde, and sayde: O Lorde God I pray thee thyncke vpon me, and strengthen me I beseche thee at this tyme onelye O God, that I may be at once auenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson caught the two middle pyllers on which the house stoode and on which it was borne vp, the one in his ryght hande, and the other in his left. 30 And Samson sayde: My soule shall dye with the Philistines, and bowed them with all his myght, and the house fell vpon the lordes and vpon all the people that were therin: And so ye dead which he slue at his death, were mo then they which he slue in his lyfe.
• Esth 5:11-12 : 11 And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the thinges wherein the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the king. 12 Haman saide moreouer: Yea, Esther the queene did let no man come in with the king vnto the bancket that she had prepared, except me: and to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the king.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus: Then was the kinges wrath pacified.
• Job 5:3 : 3 I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.
• Job 8:12-13 : 12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe: 13 So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught.
• Job 8:19 : 19 Behold it will reioyce by this meanes, if it may growe in another mould.
• Job 15:29-34 : 29 He shall not be riche, neither shall his substaunce continue, neither shal the prosperitie thereof be prolonged vpon earth. 30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away. 31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence. 32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene. 33 He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes.
• Job 18:5-6 : 5 Yea, the light of the vngodly shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.
• Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule?
• Job 27:13-23 : 13 Saying: This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie. 14 If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread. 15 His remnaunt shalbe buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe. 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: 17 He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money. 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh. 19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone. 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season. 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hurleth him out of his place. 22 God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande. 23 Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place.