Job 20:6
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
American Standard 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 godless but for a moment?
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, 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.
Daniel 4:11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, 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 heaven, thence will I 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 thence, 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 →