Job 20:6
Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
Daniel 4:11And cried aloude, and said thus, Hew downe the tree, and breake off his branches: shake off his leaues, and scatter his fruite, that the beastes may flee from vnder it, and the foules from his branches.
Amos 9:2Though they digge into the hell, thence shall mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou exalt thy selfe as the eagle, and make thy nest among the starres, thence will I bring thee downe, sayth 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 →