Job 20:6
Though his greatness mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?
7Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw him shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Daniel 4:11The tree was large and strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it might be seen to the end of the whole earth.
Amos 9:2Though they dig down to the under-world, Thence shall my hand take them; Though they climb up to heaven, Thence will I bring them down.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou lift thyself up 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 →