Job 20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Job 20:6 in other translations
| BSB | Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, |
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| WEB | Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, |
| ASV | Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; |
| YLT | Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike-- |
| DARBY | Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds, |
| BBE | Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; |
| Webster | Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; |
What does Job 20:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:1-9
Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.
Job 20:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 20:6
- Obadiah 1:3-4
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 14:13-14
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
- Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Amos 9:2
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- Daniel 4:11
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
- Daniel 4:22
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
- Matthew 11:23
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Context
- Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Job 20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
- Job 20:7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job 20:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si subiere su altivez hasta el cielo, y su cabeza tocare en las nubes, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si sa hauteur s’élève jusqu’aux cieux, et que sa tête touche les nuées, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Stiege auch seine Höhe bis zum Himmel hinauf, und rührte sein Haupt an die Wolken: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit, |