Job 20:6
Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
7Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Daniel 4:11And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:
Amos 9:2Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:
Obadiah 1:4Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the 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 →