Job 20:6
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
7Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Daniel 4:11The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;
Obadiah 1:4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
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 →