Job 20:6
Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
7yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Daniel 4:11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached to heaven, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth.
Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says LORD.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →