Job 20:6
If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Catholic Public Domain 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 praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
Daniel 4:11He cried out loudly, and he said this: “Cut down the tree and prune its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruits; let flee the beasts, which are under it, and the birds from its branches.
Amos 9:2If they descend even to the underworld, from there my hand will draw them out; and if they ascend even to the sky, from there will I pull them down.
Obadiah 1:4Though you have been lifted high like an eagle, and though you have placed your nest among the stars, from there I will pull you down, 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 →