Catholic Public Domain Version
"that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment. "
— Job 20:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? ”
“that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?”
“that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.”
“That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.”
“That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?”
“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind moves quickly through different ideas.
The teaching you use to admonish me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.
This, I know, is from the beginning, from the time that man was set over the earth:
that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
in the end, he will be destroyed like a trash heap, and those who had seen him will say: “Where is he?”
Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found; he will pass away like a nightmare.