Job 20:6
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Cross References
Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Daniel 4:11The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
Amos 9:2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
Obadiah 1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares 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 →