Text -- Job 20:5 (NET)

20:5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 20:5

¹ tn The expression in the text is “quite near.” This indicates that it is easily attained, and that its end is near.

² tn For the discussion of חָנֵף (khanef, “godless”) see Job 8:13.

³ tn The phrase is “until a moment,” meaning it is short-lived. But see J. Barr, “Hebrew ’ad, especially at Job 1:18 and Neh 7:3,” JSS 27 (1982): 177-88.