Job 20:4 “Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth…”

Job 20:4

Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

World English Bible

Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

American Standard Version

Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

Geneva Bible 1599

Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,

Darby Translation

Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Young's Literal Translation

This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

Bible in Basic English

Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

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Cross references

“thou not”

Job 15:10 Job 32:7 Job 8:8 Job 8:9

Job 15:10 · BSB

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.

Job 32:7 · BSB

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

Job 8:8 · BSB

Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

Job 8:9 · BSB

For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

“man”

Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:1–3 Psalm 115:16

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 9:1–3 · BSB

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Psalm 115:16 · BSB

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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