Job 20:6

Although his gifts should go up to heaven, 1 And his sacrifice reach the clouds. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

In Context

5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1

7For when he shall seem to be now established, 1 Then he shall utterly perish: 1 And they that knew him shall say, Where is he? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Amos 9:2Though they hide themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Obadiah 1:4If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith 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 →

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