Job 20:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³I heard a rebuke that insults me,
so my spirit prompts me to respond with understanding.

⁴Don’t you know this?
From ancient times,
from the time when Adam^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵the triumphant cry of the wicked has been short-lived,
and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment.