I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding[a] makes me reply.(A)

Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
from the time man was placed on earth,
the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:3 Lit and a spirit from my understanding

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