Job 20:6
Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
In Context
5That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?
7Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,—lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Daniel 4:11The tree, grew, and became strong,—and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:
Amos 9:2Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them,—and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down;
Obadiah 1:4Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh.
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 →