Job 20:6
Though his excellence goes up to the heavens, || He strikes his head against a cloud—
Literal 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 singing of the wicked [is] short, || And the joy of the profane for a moment,
7He perishes as his own dung forever, || His beholders say, Where [is] he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they say, “Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower with its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Daniel 4:11the tree has become great, indeed, strong, and its height reaches to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
Amos 9:2If they dig through into Sheol, || From there My hand takes them, || And if they go up [to] the heavens, || From there I cause them to come down.
Obadiah 1:4If you go up high as an eagle, || And if you set your nest between stars, || From there I bring you down,” || A declaration of YHWH.
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 →