Cross references

Job 20:5

the triumph of the wicked has been brief

and the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:5 BSB

Job 20:5 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 37:35–36 (9 votes) and Job 18:5–6 (4 votes). 51 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 34 to James 4.

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Which verses does Job 20:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

  2. Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

  3. Job 5:33 votes

    I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

  4. While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

  5. Job 27:83 votes

    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

  6. Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! …

  7. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

  8. And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

  9. The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  10. Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison. However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved. …

  11. Job 8:192 votes
  12. This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. …

  13. James 4:162 votes

Which verses point to Job 20:5?

The 10 strongest of 51.