Job 20:6
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
World English Bible Classic
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, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Cross References
Genesis 11:4They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Daniel 4:11The tree grew and was strong. Its height reached to the sky and its sight to the end of all the earth.
Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
Obadiah 1:4Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says 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 →