4 <poetry>“Surely you know how it has been from of old, <indent>ever since mankind was placed on the earth,</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>that the mirth of the wicked is brief, <indent>the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. </indent> </poetry>

“Surely you know how it has been from of old,<cr>1</cr> <indent>ever since mankind<ft>1</ft> was placed on the earth,</indent>

Job 20:4

that the mirth of the wicked<cr>1</cr> is brief, <indent>the joy of the godless<cr>2</cr> lasts but a moment.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 20:5

 4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,   ever since mankind  was placed on the earth,  5 that the mirth of the wicked   is brief, the joy of the godless   lasts but a moment.   

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Job 20:4-5 NIV

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